Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – City of Winnipeg
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
City of Winnipeg; provision 26. An individual requested access to the City of Winnipeg’s vacant buildings registry. The application was refused on the basis of a FIPPA exception that allows a public body to refuse access if releasing information could “reasonably be expected to harm or threaten the security of any property or system…” The ombudsman agreed that the FIPPA exception applied in this situation.
Case 2013-0244