File a Complaint

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a formal complaint with this Office if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you, infringes data protection legislation.

Complaints, including the necessary supporting documentation, shall be made in Maltese or English, as the official languages of Malta pursuant to article 5(2) of the Constitution. Documents in any other language shall be submitted in their original form, together with a translated version. No anonymous complaints are accepted due to Court/Tribunal proceedings.

You shall provide your full details together with those of the controller, which is the entity or individual against whom you are lodging the complaint.

Decisions issued by the Commissioner are legally-binding and may be challenged before the Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. In case of an appeal, you will be a party to these proceedings, and must therefore demonstrate active interest in defending your case.

​By proceeding to file your complaint, you confirm to have read and understood these conditions.

To submit your complaint, you are being guided to complete our dedicated online form.

If you close the form before pressing the 'Submit Complaint' button, no information will be retained, and the complaint will not be recorded on our internal system.

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

Our Data Protection Policy can be accessed through this link.

Last updated, Friday 3rd March 2023

Bla ħsara għar-rimedji amministrattivi jew ġudizzjarji oħra, għandek id-dritt li tintavola ilment formali mal-Uffiċċju tagħna, jekk taħseb li l-ipproċessar tad-data personali tiegħek qiegħed jikser il-liġi tal-protezzjoni tad-data.

L-ilmenti, inkluż kwalunkwe dokumentazzjoni oħra, għandhom jiġu sottomessi fil-lingwa Maltija jew Ingliża, bħala l-lingwi uffiċjali skont l-artikolu 5(2) tal-Kostituzzjoni ta’ Malta. Id-dokumenti għandhom jiġu sottomessi fil-forma oriġinali tagħom, flimkien mal-verżjoni tradotta. Ilmenti anonimi ma' jistgħux jintlaqaw minħabba proċeduri tal-Qorti/Tribunal.

Inti għandek tinkludi id-dettalji kollha tiegħek u tal-kontrollur, li huwa l-entita` jew l-individwu kontra min qiegħed tagħmel l-ilment. 

Deċiżjonijiet li joħroġ il-Kummissarju huma legalment vinkolanti u jistgħu jiġu appellati quddiem it-Tribunal tal-Informazzjoni u l-Protezzjoni tad-Data u possibilment ukoll fil-Qorti tal-Appell. F’dan il-każ, inti tkun parti minn dawn il-proċeduri u għalhekk trid turi interess attiv sabiex tiddefendi l-każ tiegħek.

Jekk tipproċedi sabiex tagħmel l-ilment tiegħek, inti tikkonferma li qrajt u fhimt dawn il-kundizzjonijiet. 

Biex tressaq l-ilment tiegħek, inti qiegħed tintalab tuża l-formola online.

Jekk għal xi raġuni jew oħra inti tagħlaq il-formola qabel ma tagħfas l-buttuna ‘Submit Complaint’, l-ebda informazzjoni ma tiġi miżmuma u l-ilment ma jiġix irrekordjat fis-sistema interna tagħna.

Huwa obbligatorju li timla’ l-kaxxi li huma mmarkati b’asterisk (*).

Tista’ taċċessa d-Data Protection Policy tagħna billi tagħfas fuq din il-link. 

Aġġornata nhar it-3 ta' Marzu 2023