Big data. Big potential. Big problems?

Many sports science and medicine professionals are de facto athlete safety, health and data stewards. [...]these fields must re-examine the questions asked, approaches used, and outcomes prioritised to unlock and maximise the potential of the modern big data era in a way that is grounded in athletes’ rights. In the USA, for example, personal health information privacy regulation is covered in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), while in Europe, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, which covers ‘any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person’.4 The GDPR was enacted in 2018 and prompted a sea change in data protection legislation and regulation worldwide, including in South America, Africa and Asia.5 6 As high-performance and professional sports continue to globalise and technologise, the data practices across sports operations must be internationally compliant while identifying and mitigating collective and individual athlete health and welfare risks. Female athlete health domains: A supplement to the International Olympic committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting Epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport.