# Stop Dead Consortium identifies 1.2 million deceased on its lists

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/09/09/stop-dead-consortium-identifies-12-million-deceased-its-lists/
- Published: 2006-09-09T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Stop Dead Consortium, a nonprofit group of direct marketing companies and agencies
which launched in May 2006, has already identified 1.2 million records of deceased
people on its members’ lists. The group, which includes charities, aims to share
data on customers and supporters who have died to help each other clean their mailing
lists and avoid upsetting bereaved relatives.
Five of the eight founding organisations
have shared their files, with Norwich Union expected to do so this month. Charities
involved include Help the Aged and Age Concern.

Consortium users pay a fee to share the information gathered on the OBiT database.
New members are expected to be announced next month.

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