diff --git a/server/emails/templates/CommentCreatedEmail.tsx b/server/emails/templates/CommentCreatedEmail.tsx
index cc90937d5394..3396caa272be 100644
--- a/server/emails/templates/CommentCreatedEmail.tsx
+++ b/server/emails/templates/CommentCreatedEmail.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type InputProps = EmailProps & {
 
 type BeforeSend = {
   document: Document;
-  collection: Collection;
+  collection: Collection | null;
   body: string | undefined;
   isFirstComment: boolean;
   isReply: boolean;
@@ -52,14 +52,10 @@ export default class CommentCreatedEmail extends BaseEmail<
       return false;
     }
 
-    const collection = await document.$get("collection");
-    if (!collection) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    const [comment, team] = await Promise.all([
+    const [comment, team, collection] = await Promise.all([
       Comment.findByPk(commentId),
       document.$get("team"),
+      document.$get("collection"),
     ]);
     if (!comment || !team) {
       return false;
@@ -129,7 +125,7 @@ export default class CommentCreatedEmail extends BaseEmail<
     return `
 ${actorName} ${isReply ? "replied to a thread in" : "commented on"} "${
       document.title
-    }"${collection.name ? `in the ${collection.name} collection` : ""}.
+    }"${collection?.name ? `in the ${collection.name} collection` : ""}.
 
 Open Thread: ${teamUrl}${document.url}?commentId=${commentId}
 `;
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ Open Thread: ${teamUrl}${document.url}?commentId=${commentId}
           <p>
             {actorName} {isReply ? "replied to a thread in" : "commented on"}{" "}
             <a href={threadLink}>{document.title}</a>{" "}
-            {collection.name ? `in the ${collection.name} collection` : ""}.
+            {collection?.name ? `in the ${collection.name} collection` : ""}.
           </p>
           {body && (
             <>
diff --git a/server/emails/templates/DocumentPublishedOrUpdatedEmail.tsx b/server/emails/templates/DocumentPublishedOrUpdatedEmail.tsx
index f5d4b34fc0fc..87057dcff5d2 100644
--- a/server/emails/templates/DocumentPublishedOrUpdatedEmail.tsx
+++ b/server/emails/templates/DocumentPublishedOrUpdatedEmail.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type InputProps = EmailProps & {
 
 type BeforeSend = {
   document: Document;
-  collection: Collection;
+  collection: Collection | null;
   unsubscribeUrl: string;
   body: string | undefined;
 };
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ export default class DocumentPublishedOrUpdatedEmail extends BaseEmail<
       document.$get("collection"),
       document.$get("team"),
     ]);
-    if (!collection) {
-      return false;
-    }
 
     let body;
     if (revisionId && team?.getPreference(TeamPreference.PreviewsInEmails)) {
@@ -149,7 +146,9 @@ export default class DocumentPublishedOrUpdatedEmail extends BaseEmail<
     return `
 "${document.title}" ${eventName}
 
-${actorName} ${eventName} the document "${document.title}", in the ${collection.name} collection.
+${actorName} ${eventName} the document "${document.title}"${
+      collection?.name ? `, in the ${collection.name} collection` : ""
+    }.
 
 Open Document: ${teamUrl}${document.url}
 `;
@@ -181,8 +180,9 @@ Open Document: ${teamUrl}${document.url}
           </Heading>
           <p>
             {actorName} {eventName} the document{" "}
-            <a href={documentLink}>{document.title}</a>, in the{" "}
-            {collection.name} collection.
+            <a href={documentLink}>{document.title}</a>
+            {collection?.name ? <>, in the {collection.name} collection</> : ""}
+            .
           </p>
           {body && (
             <>
diff --git a/server/models/helpers/NotificationHelper.ts b/server/models/helpers/NotificationHelper.ts
index 88475fe046e3..1b932a74a149 100644
--- a/server/models/helpers/NotificationHelper.ts
+++ b/server/models/helpers/NotificationHelper.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   Comment,
   View,
 } from "@server/models";
+import { can } from "@server/policies";
 
 export default class NotificationHelper {
   /**
@@ -161,17 +162,18 @@ export default class NotificationHelper {
     const filtered = [];
 
     for (const recipient of recipients) {
-      const collectionIds = await recipient.collectionIds();
+      if (!recipient.email || recipient.isSuspended) {
+        continue;
+      }
 
       // Check the recipient has access to the collection this document is in. Just
       // because they are subscribed doesn't mean they still have access to read
       // the document.
-      if (
-        recipient.email &&
-        !recipient.isSuspended &&
-        document.collectionId &&
-        collectionIds.includes(document.collectionId)
-      ) {
+      const doc = await Document.findByPk(document.id, {
+        userId: recipient.id,
+      });
+
+      if (can(recipient, "read", doc)) {
         filtered.push(recipient);
       }
     }