What can I do to stop receiving spam on my email or unwanted promotional text messages? Is that direct marketing?
Email marketing and promotional text messages to your mobile are both forms of direct marketing but organisations in the UK are only allowed to email/text you if you have given them permission to do so, or if you have purchased goods and services from them. If you are receiving unsolicited emails or text messages please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or if they are DMA members, the DM Authority. Most spam does however, come from outside of the UK so is difficult to stop completely but registering with www.dmachoice.org will help decrease the amount of unsolicited marketing emails you receive from outside the UK and Europe.
