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Manitoba Ombudsman releases 2020 annual report
Dec 29, 2021
Manitoba Ombudsman Jill Perron has released her office’s annual report for 2020, which quantifies contacts to the office, identifies some of the challenges faced during the first year of the pandemic and features case summaries and detailed statistics on the office’s work under all of its mandates.
Read moreManitoba Ombudsman lays three charges under the Personal Health Information Act
Oct 20, 2021
An investigation by Manitoba Ombudsman has resulted in three charges being laid against an employee of a trustee under the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA).
Read moreInformation and privacy commissioners issue resolution about privacy and access to information rights during/after a pandemic
Jun 2, 2021
In a joint resolution, Canada’s information and privacy regulators called on their respective governments to respect Canadians’ quasi-constitutional rights to privacy and access to information. The regulators took note of the serious impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the right of access to information and privacy rights in Canada and called on governments to use the lessons learned during the pandemic to improve these rights.
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