The topic of data in relation to the regulation of sport, particularly in relation to betting integrity, raises a number of knotty issues:

• "Data" is a technical area of law, both in IP terms, and because of the fresh consideration given to protection issues arising out of the General Data Protection Regulation.
• In the gambling context, there is still a developing practice as to how the various stakeholders should best collaborate to preserve the integrity of sport (a matter of mutual interest), while preserving their own (often conflicting) commercial positions.
• On betting integrity, practice is largely built on self-regulation and formal/informal collaboration between stakeholders. It is built around MoU’s, contracts, working groups, collaborations and contacts as much as black letter law.
• There are a series of emerging threats, the importance of which are yet to be fully understood: the integrity of...
  

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