Privacy in the Workplace, 4th Edition

Éloïse Gratton, LL.M., LL.D., Ad.E., is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP where she co-leads the firm’s Privacy and Data Protection practice group. She is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the field of privacy. Éloïse offers 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, including security breaches, privacy commissioners’ investigations and class actions. She also advises companies and their board of directors on the management of personal information and the protection of privacy. Éloïse’s publications are 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. Her recent works include Privacy in the Workplace, 4th Edition (LexisNexis Canada, 2017), Practical Guide to E-Commerce and Internet Law (LexisNexis Canada, 2015) and Understanding Personal Information: Managing Privacy Risks (LexisNexis Canada, 2013). In addition to being a sought-after lecturer and speaker, Éloïse is a regular commentator on current issues that affect privacy in Canada and the United States and is acknowledged as a leading expert in her field by privacy commissioners as well as by the federal and provincial governments. She is recognized by her peers in the IT law and privacy category of Best Lawyers in Canada and by Chambers as a leading lawyer in the area of privacy and data protection year after year. Éloïse was recently selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Influential Women by the Women’s Executive Network in the “CIBC Trailblazers & Trendsetters” category.

Lyndsay A. Wasser, LL.B, is the Co-Chair of McMillan LLP's Privacy & Data Protection and Cybersecurity Groups and a Partner in the Employment and Labour Relations Group. She specializes in the areas of privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, employment, labour, pensions and benefits, with a particular focus on workplace privacy matters. She has also achieved her designation as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada. Lyndsay frequently speaks at conferences on privacy-related topics, and has authored numerous articles and bulletins on privacy issues. Lyndsay's employment and labour practice includes advising organizations on hiring, employment contracts, employment policies, employment terminations, and the labour and employment implications of corporate transactions, as well as representing management in human rights applications, wrongful dismissal claims, employment standards complaints, collective agreement negotiations, labour grievances and responses to union certification applications.