Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – Manitoba Justice
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
Manitoba Justice; refusal to confirm or deny the existence of records regarding the place of birth of a deceased individual, specifically the name of the city in which the deceased was born; provisions 12(2)(a) and 25(1)(n); ombudsman found that the department was authorized to make this decision and that it did not act unreasonably in exercising its discretion to refuse to confirm or deny the existence of records.
Case 2015-0019