Athletes and their Biometric Data - Who Owns it and How Can it Be Used?

By Cynthia J. Larose

Biometric data is a hotbed of activity these days.  We've discussed the frenetic pace at which class actions are being filed in Illinois under the Biometric Information Privacy Act.   Today, Brian Lam wrote in our sister blog, Sports Law Matters, about the issues surrounding the increasing use of biometric data in sports to track just about everything.

Read the article here.

 

https://www.sportslawmatters.com/2017/12/19/athletes-and-their-biometric-data-who-owns-it-and-how-can-it-be-used/

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    Cynthia J. Larose

    Member / Co-Chair, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice

    Cynthia J. Larose is Chair of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, a Certified Information Privacy Professional-US (CIPP-US), and a Certified Information Privacy Professional-Europe (CIPP-E). She works with clients in various industries to develop comprehensive information security programs on the front end, and provides timely counsel when it becomes necessary to respond to a data breach.