In their recent article in Bloomberg Law, Goodwin partners Jacqueline Klosek, Jonathan Ng, and Jacob Lee examine how the esports industry’s explosive ascent — projected to reach $4.8 billion by the end of 2025 — is colliding with a rapidly tightening global privacy landscape. From real-time player analytics and biometric wearables to AI-driven anti-cheating systems, nearly every layer of esports now generates sensitive personal data subject to overlapping laws such as the GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA. As regulators expand oversight and state-level rules multiply, the authors emphasize that privacy-by-design, robust consent management, and cross-border data transfer safeguards are becoming critical to sustaining esports’ global growth.
Read the full analysis: “Esports’ Surge Requires Navigating a Privacy Compliance Maze” (Bloomberg Law)