How to Stop MDA Fundraising Mail
Muscular Dystrophy Association lists a Do not contact me by postal mail preference. Its policy directs privacy-preference requests to privacyofficer@mdausa.org. Specify paper fundraising mail without asking to stop services you still need.
Ask the Privacy Officer for the postal preference
Section 4 of MDA's privacy policy names postal mail, phone, email, SMS, fundraising and service communications as distinct restrictions. Its preference paragraph links to privacyofficer@mdausa.org. Start with the specific choice rather than an instruction to stop every use of your information.
Send the printed recipient and full mailing address. If the appeal includes a supporter or campaign reference, add it to help identify the record. State whether you want no paper appeals or a wider fundraising restriction. Keep an existing donation separate from this communication request.
Please record the Do not contact me by postal mail preference for MDA fundraising mail addressed to [name as printed] at [full mailing address, including unit and ZIP code]. The printed reference, if present, is [reference].
Please confirm the postal preference and record changed. This is not a request to cancel a donation, stop care-related services or delete all personal information.
Keep service messages separate from appeals
The policy warns that a broad request to stop using personal information can prevent continued use of its services. That is wider than asking for less advertising in your mailbox. If you use MDA programs, identify the paper appeals you do not want and ask what communications must remain.
A phone restriction or a text STOP does not identify a postal address. Likewise, stopping every fundraising contact is broader than changing only paper delivery. Describe the chosen channel and purpose so the reply can address your actual request.
Do not attach care-center records, medical reports or payment details to explain a mailing preference. An outside appeal label is the useful evidence here. If support needs further verification, use its current instructions directly rather than uploading sensitive documents to a mail-removal app.
Check the email destination, not just its label
The policy contains another email link whose displayed Privacy Officer label leads to mda@mdausa.org. This guide uses the destination in the specific preference paragraph. The separate donor-inquiry listing also is not a reason to invent a privacy address under mda.org.
If you use the official page, check which paragraph and link you chose before sending. Retain a dated copy of your message and any response. An automatic receipt shows delivery of a message, not necessarily that a postal restriction was recorded.
Other organizations need their own request
MDA says an opt-out does not retrieve information previously supplied to third parties. It also directs changes for co-branded partners to those partners. Identify the sender of another appeal instead of assuming MDA changed every related list.
MDA and the ALS Association are different organizations. Match the envelope's organization, return address and reference. For another MDA piece, compare its label before following up; the policy allows processing time but does not promise a particular last delivery date.
Photograph the MDA appeal, not care paperwork
Keep the sender and mailing label readable. Make the specific privacy-preference request yourself using MDA's published contact.
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