The Bereavement Register (TBR) was launched in 2000 as a service for members of the general public and was designed to remove from databases and mailing files, the names and addresses of people who had died.

Last year 232,000 people died in Canada. On average, 80 pieces of direct mail will be sent out each year following their death - nearly two a week. Obviously these mailings will not reach the person for whom they were intended; instead they will be the cause of unneccessary distress to the relatives and friends left behind.

• Mailing the deceased is not just annoying, it is highly distressing and offensive to the bereaved
• Mailing the deceased is the biggest complaint made to the Data Protection Commissioner

The Bereavement Register is brought to you by the REaD Group who, for many years, has been helping thousands of companies to use their own data responsibly and discourage them from mailing people who have died, moved home or who simply aren't interested.

If you would like more information on how The Bereavement Register can assist you with your mailing campaigns, please contact us.