TN 2 (02-20)

GN 03316.095 Disclosure Without Consent to Recipients of the Death Master File (DMF) When Erroneous Death is Included on the DMF

Occasionally, living individuals are erroneously included in the DMF (e.g., due to inaccurate death reports or inaccurate data input). When providing the DMF, we advise DMF customers that we have not verified and do not guarantee the accuracy of all the information in the DMF. When we discover that a living individual was erroneously included on the DMF, we may disclose information to recipients of the DMF to notify them of the corrected data concerning the life status of such individuals, and to minimize the harm that might result to affected individuals from erroneous inclusion in the DMF.

The Office of Systems provides corrected DMF data centrally to DMF recipients.