Case study: Podium Analytics


Podium Analytics is a charity founded to significantly reduce the incidence and impact of youth sports injury. One of Podium’s ambitions is to build the most comprehensive repository of reliable youth sports injury information and to use that data to aid research into youth sports injury.

The dataset will be made available in anonymised form to researchers within the Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford, who will deploy the latest AI and modelling techniques to identify causes and potential preventative measures against injury.

Podium Analytics is also collaborating with England Hockey and the Rugby Football Union on research, cases for change and dissemination of knowledge.

How we helped

To help Podium achieve its ambition, we have advised Podium on:

  • The data collection process, including lawful bases for processing personal data.
  • When Podium may be a “processor” and when Podium will be a “controller” of personal data.
  • Anonymisation of sports injury data.
  • Collaboration and data access agreements with schools and with England Hockey and the Rugby Football Union.
Our experience

Outcomes

Paul Forsyth, finance and business operations director at Podium Analytics, said: “Paul Knight and his team have helped us to address unique and complex challenges in the areas of technology, data protection and GDPR compliance, tailoring their advice to the real-world challenges we face and carefully considering the sensitive nature of the data we handle. The high quality of the team’s work gives Podium, our stakeholders and partners confidence and is playing a vital part in our work to create a safer world of sport.”

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