Russell Slade Suing Football Data Collection Businesses

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GDPR does have a section that has been included for physiological data such as height, weight, ethnicity etc, but other than that I think they've got a tough battle on their hands. For example, where does that info come from? Well it has to be either the club's themselves or the players management company/agent so at some point there must have been some consent from the player.

Most of this data covered by GDPR Article 9 - personal data which are manifestly made public by the data subject;

The other issue is of course relating to performance stats. Obviously there is always going to be errors in the collection of data. For example I've noticed on several occasions where a stats provider has recorded an assist for completely the wrong player. I'm assuming there is an element of players that are worried that their stats might have a bearing on career development if they are not very good.

Correcting all individual pieces of data will be a logistical nightmare for players and analytics companies. And the ICO won't be interested in getting involved at this level.