DI ELISABETTA ERRIGO
ABSTRACT – The sporting environment, although perhaps more important than other sectors, to the protection of personal data of athletes and asso-ciates, suffers an intrinsic difficulty to adapt to the new protective tools provided by the GDPR, having regard to the concerns arising from a lack of clarity in the rules on the identification of the parties responsible – due to the legal nature of sports federations – and the appropriate instruments to avoid prejudice to the parties concerned, such as the appointment of the DPO and the obligations arising from the collection of personal health da-ta. In this context, solutions identified by design and guarantee measures for sports organisations are certainly relevant, aimed at eliminating the risks of discrimination and negative impacts on fundamental rights, priva-cy and informative self-determination, both at the collection stage and at the data processing stage. Solutions that cannot be limited to self-regulation by holders in compliance with codes of conduct, but require them to reduce their power, with a view to external control and accounta-bility of the activity.
KEYWORDS – Privacy – sport – GDPR – Data protection – health data -accountability.