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Vinson & Elkins LLP

A Hidden Risk in the Sports Tech Boom

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Technology has long played a part in professional sports, but these days it permeates the industry. Cameras, sensors, and models of playing surfaces compute and communicate data and information in real time — enhancing...more

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A New Type of Face Painting - The Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Sports Venues

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Professional sports teams' greatest rivals in the coming seasons could be their own fans. With the increase of facial recognition technologies implemented within sports venues, compliance with state biometric privacy laws...more

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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

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How AI is Changing the Sports Industry

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Much has changed since the “Moneyball” theory revolutionized how technology is used throughout the sports industry and influenced the way fans and experts consume and analyze sports. As is the case in other industries, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Navigating the Sports Biometrics Boom

Now more than ever, access to quality data translates to monetization opportunities and this is especially true in the world of collegiate and professional sports. In the past two decades, data analytic tools measuring...more

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Biometrics in the Ballpark - How Teams and Leagues Can Mitigate Data Collection Risk

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At select ballparks across the country, fans can speed through security screen procedures using thumbprint scans. Sports venues from Madison Square Garden to CenturyLink Field now use biometrics to enhance game day...more

Blank Rome LLP

Facial Recognition at Sports Venues: Enhancing the Gameday Experience While Minimizing Liability

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Facial recognition technology has rapidly transformed—and enhanced—the consumer experience across numerous industries. This includes travel, hospitality, retail, and healthcare, to name a few. Notably, facial recognition is...more

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Wearables in The Arena: The Shifting Legal Landscape Governing Fitness Trackers in Professional Sports

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The use of wearable technology (colloquially known as “wearables”) has been on the radar of athletes, sponsors, sports teams and leagues for years, with the various constituencies carefully balancing the necessity for player...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

MLB to Use Biometrics to Replace Traditional Ticketing

Traditional tickets (paper that is) have already been replaced with mobile tickets for many Major League Baseball (MLB) stadiums across the country, but now, the MLB has teamed up with CLEAR, which provides biometric...more

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Athletes and their Biometric Data – Who Owns It and How It Can Be Used

More than ever before, biometric data, a term often used broadly to refer to metrics related to human characteristics, is being collected at a faster pace. Devices of all kinds are now able to able to track and store data...more

King & Spalding

Major League Baseball Wearable Tech Experiment Raises Athlete Privacy Issues

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On March 6, 2017, Major League Baseball (“MLB”) announced that it has officially approved a wearable biometric monitoring device (the “Device”) for in-game use by athletes. Created by WHOOP Inc. (“WHOOP”), the Device is the...more

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Trump EO Biometric Entry-Exit Section Raises Concerns of Lawmakers over Costs, Logistics

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Members of Congress from states bordering Canada, the Northern Border Caucus, have focused on a section of President Donald Trump’s “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” Executive Order...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facial Scan Case Dismissed Under Illinois Biometrics Law

The developers of two NBA video games were successful this week in getting a putative class action alleging violations of the Illinois Biometrics law dismissed....more

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