Privacy Rights of College Athletes: Controls on the Use of Technology to Collect Player Medical Data

2020Technology Law

Armen Grigorian

College athletic departments are always looking to gain an edge over their competitors. Recently, these athletic departments have been gathering player medical data through various new technologies designed to track player performance in the hopes of better preparing for game day, but this raises many privacy concerns. College athletes are often asked to waive privacy protections for their medical data. This is problematic as there are currently no controls on what the universities can do with said data. For student-athletes to retain their privacy rights, the field must develop and implement restrictions on the accessibility of their personal data.

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