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Forty hours on privacy

Éloïse Gratton December 23, 2015 Business transaction / CCTV / Class action / Cloud / Compliance / Consent / Damages / eCommerce / Geolocation / Image / Liability - Lawsuit / Marketing / Mobile / Online / Online Behavioral Advertising / Privacy policy / Reputation / Revenge Porn / Security Breach / Social Media / Spam / Surveillance / Telco / Tort / Web 2.0 / Workplace

I will be teaching, for a fourth consecutive year, DRT-6929E-A, a privacy law course at the  University of Montreal Law Faculty. The class is offered to Masters degree students and takes place every Monday from 4 to 7pm, January 11 to April 11, 2016. I have been teaching since 2009 (e-commerce law from 2009 – […] Read more

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Forty hours on privacy

Éloïse Gratton January 6, 2015 Business transaction / CCTV / Class action / Cloud / Compliance / Consent / Damages / eCommerce / Geolocation / Health / Image / Liability - Lawsuit / Marketing / Mobile / Online / Online Behavioral Advertising / Privacy policy / Reputation / Revenge Porn / Security Breach / Social Media / Spam / Surveillance / Telco / Tort / Use / Web 2.0 / Workplace

I will be teaching, for a third consecutive year, DRT-6929E-A, a privacy law course at the  University of Montreal Law Faculty. The class is offered to Masters degree students and takes place every Monday from 4 to 7pm, January 12 to April 13, 2015. I have been teaching since 2009 (e-commerce law from 2009 – […] Read more

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Female Judge Victim of Revenge Porn

Éloïse Gratton October 9, 2014 Consent / Damages / Image / Revenge Porn

There was an article today about a Canadian woman judge who stands to lose her job because her husband shared naked photos of her online without her knowledge or permission. A complaint against her argued that the photos could be seen as inherently contrary to the image and concept of integrity of the judiciary… Sexually explicit […] Read more

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The growing problem of identity theft and mandatory breach notification

Éloïse Gratton October 6, 2014 Damages / Liability - Lawsuit / Security Breach

Last spring I was invited to testify and present with Dr. Avner Levin before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, House of Commons, in the context of their study conducted on the “Growing Problem of Identity Theft and its Economic Impact“. I discussed why there are no real incentives for Canadian businesses to […] Read more

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Making money with serial killers: law and ethics

Éloïse Gratton September 23, 2014 Damages / eCommerce / Online

I was interviewed today by Global News regarding a well-known online U.S. retailer selling an adult movie starring accused murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta. Magnotta is currently facing charges of first-degree murder, committing an indignity to human remains, publishing obscene material, distributing indecent material through the mail and harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members […] Read more