Blanket publication of doping data breaches GDPR, EU legal opinion says
By Júlia Tar ( September 25, 2025, 09:43 GMT | Insight) -- Doping data — the names of athletes, their sports, violations and bans — cannot be published online in full automatically, a legal opinion for the EU Court of Justice has said. Advocate General Dean Spielmann recommends a finding that Austria’s blanket disclosure rules breach the GDPR unless publication is proportionate and tailored to the circumstances.Austrian rules on publishing sports doping sanctions online clash with EU data protection law unless applied proportionately, a legal opinion prepared for the EU's highest court said on Thursday....
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