An overview of FIFA’s new data protection regulations

Friday, 17 January 2020 Author: Jonathan Bellamy

On 24 October 2019, the FIFA Council at its meeting in Shanghai, China approved the FIFA Data Protection Regulations [1] (the Regulations), which came into effect on that date. The Regulations borrow heavily from the form and content of General Data Protection Regulation [2] (GDPR). There are however important differences. This article provides a brief overview, examining:

The legal backdrop
An overview of the Regulations and how they compare to the GDPR
What they mean for member associations

This article assumes some background knowledge of the GDPR. For those readers wanting an introduction to the GDPR, please see this LawInSport article ^{^[3]}.

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Jonathan Bellamy

Jonathan Bellamy is barrister at 39 Essex Chambers specialising in commercial law and sports law. His sports law work includes commercial contract disputes (including player-club, player-agent, service contracts, marketing, sponsorship and online gaming), image rights and regulatory. Jonathan is a practising Chartered Arbitrator, FA Rule K arbitrator and arbitrator for Sports Resolutions’ Commercial, Football and Integrity & Discipline Panels. He is recognised in the major legal directories as “very strong at sports cases with a commercial and arbitration angle” and as a “first rate football litigator and renowned arbitrator".