All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Has data collection from professional athletes gone too far Has data collection from professional athletes gone too far? 13/04/2022 | 3 MINS Video Player 00:00 02:06 A new discussion paper from the Australian Academy of Science and Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab has found the growth in personal and sensitive information collected from professional athletes over the past decade has outpaced the scientifically proven benefit to players. According to the paper, by a 12-person Expert Working Group, the number of parties interested in athlete information ΓÇô especially commercial parties ΓÇô has dramatically shifted the risk versus reward ratio against the athletes. Tech Director of the LIT Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab Jacqueline Alderson, a leading biomechanist and international expert in the use of data and technology in sport and health, led the paperΓÇÖs scientific review. ΓÇ£There are significant limitations to what technology can measure and infer about athletes,ΓÇ¥ Associate Professor Alderson said. ΓÇ£Remo

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Has data collection from professional athletes gone too far Has data collection from professional athletes gone too far?

13/04/2022 | 3 MINS Video Player 00:00 02:06 A new discussion paper from the Australian Academy of Science and Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab has found the growth in personal and sensitive information collected from professional athletes over the past decade has outpaced the scientifically proven benefit to players.

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According to the paper, by a 12-person Expert Working Group, the number of parties interested in athlete information ΓÇô especially commercial parties ΓÇô has dramatically shifted the risk versus reward ratio against the athletes.

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Tech Director of the LIT Minderoo Tech & Policy Lab Jacqueline Alderson, a leading biomechanist and international expert in the use of data and technology in sport and health, led the paperΓÇÖs scientific review.

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ΓÇ£There are significant limitations to what technology can measure and infer about athletes,ΓÇ¥ Associate Professor Alderson said.

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