Wearable tech devices have generated privacy concerns – perhaps unnecessarily so –in the NBA as the league plans to resume its season in a controlled, campus-like environment at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.
In the NBA’s 108-page health and safety protocols for resumption of the 2019-20 season, players have the option of wearing proximity devices which “will set off an audio alert when the person is within six feet of another person for more than five seconds,” and ring data monitors, which “may be relevant to the assessment of COVID-19 (e.g., heart rate, heart rate variability, etc.).”
The National Basketball Players Association called them Oura rings in its health summary, but the NBA did not name Oura as the brand in its document.
Some players on Twitter and agents expressed concerns about tracking and personal data.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma tweeted, “Looks like a tracking device.”
Source: USA Today
