The Manitoba Ombudsman is an independent reviewing officer
with broad investigative, auditing and reporting powers under FIPPA. You may complain to
the Ombudsman for a number of reasons including if:
- you have not received a response to your application within 30
days
- you do not believe the extension of the response time beyond
30 days is appropriate
- you have been denied access to all or part of the records for
which you applied
- your request for correction of your personal information has
been refused;
- you believe your own personal information has been collected,
used, or disclosed in violation of Part 3 of FIPPA which deals with the protection of
privacy
- as a third party, you wish to contest a decision of a public
body to give access to records against your wishes
- you are the relative of a deceased person who has been refused
access to that deceased person’s personal information by a public body.
Generally, the complaint must be made within 60 days after
being notified of the access decision.
A complaint must be made on the prescribed Complaint Form.
Send your complaint to:
Manitoba Ombudsman
750 - 500 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg MB R3C 3X1
Phone: 1-204-982-9130
Toll Free: 1-800-665-0531 (Manitoba)
Fax: 1-204-942-7803
The Ombudsman will investigate your complaint and may take
steps to try to resolve it informally, to the satisfaction of the parties and in a manner
consistent with the purposes of FIPPA. If the complaint cannot be resolved informally and
is found to be supportable, the Ombudsman will make recommendations to the public body.
Written notification of the Ombudsman’s findings and any recommendations to the
public body will be sent to you, when the investigation is completed.
For further information about the powers of the Manitoba
Ombudsman under FIPPA and the procedure for making a complaint, visit the site of the Office of the Ombudsman.