WADA releases new education course for athletes on Privacy and Information Security Awareness

Right now, the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) releases a brand new schooling course entitled ‘Privateness and Data Safety Consciousness for Athletes’, out there on the Company’s Anti-Doping Education and Learning Platform (ADEL).

In step with WADA’s athlete-centered strategy and present education schemes out there on ADEL, the ‘Privateness and Data Safety Consciousness for Athletes’ schooling course was created to assist athletes perceive private data and methods to guard their information. The schooling course was developed with enter from WADA Athlete Committee member and former Olympic sport shooter Gaby Ahrens (Namibia), in addition to different stakeholders with expertise offering data safety coaching to athletes and sports activities organizations.

Ms. Ahrens stated: “The ‘Privateness and Data Safety Consciousness for Athletes’ schooling course is one other vital step in direction of equipping athletes with the information they should perceive how their private data is used for anti-doping functions and their rights almost about privateness and information safety. The course additionally covers important practices athletes ought to apply of their day-to-day to remain protected on-line.”

WADA Director of Schooling, Amanda Hudson, stated: “Advancing athlete schooling is a key precedence for WADA and our intention with this course is to extend athlete consciousness as to how and why their information is used, and what rights and protections they’ve inside the anti-doping system. Contemplating the non-public data athletes want to supply as a part of the anti-doping system and the prevalence of digital processes within the safety of fresh sport, it’s crucial to supply athletes with the right instruments to maintain this data safe. This new studying alternative provides one other layer to the muse WADA has constructed to guard athlete information and their privateness.”

This course consists of subjects reminiscent of:

• What privateness, data safety and information safety imply;
• How anti-doping organizations shield athletes’ private data;
• What athletes’ rights are;
• Finest practices to remain protected on-line; and
• Key on-line threats and the way to shield towards them.

Whereas the course is at the moment out there in English, the French and Spanish variations will likely be made out there on ADEL within the coming months.

Anti-Doping Organizations who want to hold monitor of latest schooling options on ADEL are invited to go to the ADEL Roadmap. For any questions concerning the ‘Privateness and Data Safety Consciousness for Athletes’ schooling course, or to supply suggestions on any of the programs and education schemes on ADEL, please contact the Schooling Division at: ADEL@wada-ama.org