Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

By The Canadian Press

Privacy commissioner says WADA agrees to limit use of athletes’ personal information

Mar 17, 2026 | 10:53 AM

GATINEAU — The World Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to limit the use of athletes’ highly sensitive personal information, Canada’s privacy commissioner’s office said Tuesday.

In a statement, the office said WADA has committed to implementing measures to help ensure that international sport federations and other anti-doping organizations do not use information collected from athletes that is under agency control for purposes other than those related to anti-doping.

“The World Anti-Doping Agency is entrusted with safeguarding the highly sensitive personal information of thousands of athletes from around the globe,” said privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne.

“I welcome WADA’s commitment to take steps to help ensure that this information is only used for the purposes for which it was collected.”

The commitments came after the November 2024 launch of an investigation by the privacy commissioner into a complaint.

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The complainant alleged that personal information disclosed by WADA to international sporting federations was being used to assess athletes’ sex-based eligibility without their knowledge or consent, the statement said.

In a compliance agreement, WADA, which is based in Montreal, committed to implementing several remedial measures.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 17, 2026.

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