Éloïse Gratton
Canada Guide 2024
Band 1 : Privacy & Data Protection
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About
Provided by Éloïse Gratton
Practice Areas
National Co-Leader of BLG’s Privacy and Data Protection Group. Provides strategic advice relating to best business practices relevant to the monetization of big data and the use of artificial intelligence, in addition to providing support in crisis management situations (e.g. security breaches, privacy commissioners’ investigations). Also advises companies and their board of directors on the management of personal information and the protection of privacy, including on issues relating to compliance, risk management, ethics and data governance.
Career
One of Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in 2016 and 2021. One of Canada's foremost privacy experts, consulted by the government and privacy commissioners. Québec Bar, 1998.
Publications
Publications consulted in Canada and abroad, used in law courses and cited in academic journals as well as in landmark privacy decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada. She authored Internet and Wireless Privacy: A Legal Guide to Global Business Practices, one of the first technology and privacy book in Canada (CCH, 2003). Recent works include Managing Privacy in a Connected World (LexisNexis 2020), Privacy in the Workplace, 4th edition (LexisNexis, 2017), Practical Guide to e-Commerce and Internet Law (LexisNexis 2015) and Understanding Personal Information: Managing Privacy Risks (LexisNexis, 2013).
Personal
One of Canada’s Top 100 Most Influential Women (2018) Trailblazers & Trendsetters category.