Russell Slade

[Taunton Blue Genie]

As I understand it, the case is not just about statistics about completed passes and players' heights but also about more personal physiological and biometric data collected by their clubs.

[Optimistic Nick]

As I understand it, the case is not just about statistics about completed passes and players' heights but also about more personal physiological and biometric data collected by their clubs.

I've only skimmed the story so may have missed it but where are you getting that from? And surely player height is biometric?

They list bookmakers as some of the mis-users. I doubt this relates to physiological information. I'm aware of the data gathered on player performance and yes the gambling industry is a big buyer of that.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I've only skimmed the story so may have missed it but where are you getting that from? And surely player height is biometric?

They list bookmakers as some of the mis-users. I doubt this relates to physiological information. I'm aware of the data gathered on player performance and yes the gambling industry is a big buyer of that.

I can't remember where I read about some of the finer details (i.e. data beyond just stats gleaned from official games observed) but the following links may give a bit more info than the BBC website.

https://www.lexology.com/library/det...5-6feb6451c3a9
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/proj...-football-data
https://www.itpro.co.uk/data-insight...-violates-gdpr

I have no expert knowledge in this field but having worked in the world of IP for quite some time I find it useful to do a bit of digging beyond the headlines as things are often more complex than reported by some media outlets. Happy to sit back and learn regarding this case...