Jaime Cardy

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2014

Areas of Practice
Privacy Law

Description
Jaime Cardy is a senior associate in the Privacy and Cybersecurity group in the Toronto office. She acts on behalf of clients across multiple sectors and industries, including technology, retail, finance, insurance, real estate, automotive, public sector and healthcare.

Jaime’s practice focuses on the full range of privacy, data governance and regulatory compliance matters. Her expertise includes developing privacy management programs, advising on privacy compliance and risk in M&A and other commercial transactions, breach planning and incident response, guiding clients through regulatory hearings and investigations, and counselling clients on various initiatives involving personal information. She regularly addresses novel issues raised by modern processing of personal information, such as the use of biometrics, artificial intelligence and online behavioural advertising.

Prior to joining Dentons, Jaime was an adjudicator at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, where she conducted hearings and issued binding orders on appeals and complaints under Ontario’s provincial, municipal and health sector privacy legislation. She is highly skilled in interpreting and advising on both privacy and access to information issues, making her well-positioned to assist clients in navigating those statutory regimes.

She received her Juris Doctor from Western University and went on to complete her Masters in Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. During her law school career, she was both a research and teaching assistant. Additionally, she gained valuable experience as a student-at-law at Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and as an intern in the Health and Human Rights Department at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.