Ellie Marshall, Associate, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C), Ellie assists clients on a broad range of strategic and
practical privacy and data governance matters including drafting privacy policies, responding to data subject
requests, representing clients before privacy regulators, complying with transparency requirements for artificial
intelligence and automated decision-making systems, assisting with complex corporate transactions involving
data-based assets, complying with Canada's anti-spam legislation, and preparing for and responding to data
and privacy breaches.

Ellie routinely handles freedom of information matters and provides advice to government institutions on their
disclosure obligations and to third parties affected by access requests. She was also counsel to the Toronto
Star in the precedent-setting Supreme Court of Canada appeal about whether the estate court files of Barry
and Honey Sherman should be sealed from public view on the basis of privacy concerns.
Ellie also advises clients on regulatory compliance in the health-care sector, including for virtual care and digital
health initiatives. She assists clients to navigate health profession regulations, medicare regulations, conflicts of
interest, regulatory licenses and approvals, and other specialized health sector regulations.
Ellie joined Blakes after summering and articling with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General in the Legal
Services Branch of the Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care. Her scholarly work has been published in
peer-reviewed academic journals, including the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology. She has also
received recognitions such as the Nathan Strauss Q.C., Essay Prize in Legal Ethics from the University of
Toronto, Faculty of Law.