On March 6, 2017, Major League Baseball (“MLB”) announced that it has officially approved a wearable biometric monitoring device (the “Device”) for in-game use by athletes. Created by WHOOP Inc. (“WHOOP”), the Device is the first of its kind to gain approval to be worn in competition by any major American sports league. The Device, which is intended to be worn by athletes at all times on and off the field, monitors heart rate, heart rate variability, ambient temperature, motion, and sleep data, and can store that data for up to three days. As a result, the approval of the Device has raised concerns over the privacy implications for players who decide to wear it.
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