Mission

The New Brunswick Ombud’s Office has one central mission: to ensure that all New Brunswick citizens are treated with administrative fairness by government and its agencies.  The Office strives to guarantee that individuals are served in a consistent, fair and reasonable manner by provincial governmental organizations.

Supporting public health, building public trust: Privacy principles for contact tracing and similar apps  Joint Statement by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners[1] May 7, 2020 The safety and security of Canadians is of grave concern in the current COVID-19 health c...

Data Privacy Day or Data Protection Day is recognized on January 28 by provinces and territories across Canada and countries around the world. It is an internationally recognized day dedicated to creating awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information. The celebration ...

What is Facial Recognition?Facial recognition is the process by which a person can be identified or otherwise recognized from a digital image. Facial recognition is one form of biometric identification; others include fingerprints, voice recognition and retinal scans. Facial recognition is based on...

NOTICE: 2019 amendments to New Brunswick legislation transferred the responsibility for the access and privacy mandates from the Office of the Integrity Commissioner to the Office of the Ombud for New Brunswick....

  FAILURE TO PROTECT (PDF - 683 KB) NB Feb. 7, 2019 FREDERICTON (GNB) – Ombud Charles Murray today released findings of his office’s probe into complaints of mistreatment of patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton, caused in part by chronic understaffing. The investigat...
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