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Regulations effective 1 January 2026; ADMT-specific compliance begins 1 January 2027.
CCPA-covered clubs, groups and suppliers handling relevant personal information.
Classify each recruitment workflow and obtain assessment, notice and review capabilities. (cppa.ca.gov)
SB26-189 signed 14 May 2026; requirements begin 1 January 2027.
Covered developers and deployers using technology that materially influences consequential decisions.
Replace old SB24-205 checklists with the enacted replacement and monitor implementing rules. (leg.colorado.gov)
Public Act 103-0804 effective 1 January 2026.
Employers using AI in covered Illinois employment processes.
Review discrimination risks, notices and recruitment uses with employment counsel. (ilga.gov)
SB947 signed 30 September 2026; operative 1 July 2027.
Employers using covered systems for disciplinary or termination decisions.
Keep recruitment analytics separate from unreviewed release or disciplinary decisions. (gov.ca.gov)
DROP processing obligations began 1 August 2026.
Suppliers meeting the data-broker definition; customers receiving affected data.
Obtain a classification statement and test correction/deletion propagation. (cppa.ca.gov)
League initiative announced 30 March 2026.
MLS club technology, legal and procurement teams.
Establish whether recruitment systems are included in the club’s implementation scope. (mlssoccer.com)
Detailed schedule announced 29 October 2026; regular season runs 19 February–8 May 2027.
MLS scouting and data buyers.
Define subscription periods and dataset season identifiers explicitly. (mlssoccer.com)
Negotiating period opened 1 July 2026.
NWSL recruitment teams and player-availability suppliers.
Distinguish eligibility to negotiate from current contractual availability. (nwslsoccer.com)
Approved 10 June 2026; new RSTP effective 1 January 2027.
International recruitment, football operations and valuation teams.
Add applicable-rule version and contract-date fields to transaction diligence. (inside.fifa.com)
AI Omnibus effective 27 July 2026; Annex III requirements apply 2 December 2027.
EU-connected multi-club groups and relevant suppliers.
Update implementation dates without treating the extension as a privacy-law exemption. (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu)
September 2026 EPTS application guide and test manual listed with publication date 22 September 2026.
Tracking-derived intelligence buyers.
Request current, product-specific certification and testing evidence. Publication is not itself proof of a club compliance deadline. (inside.fifa.com)
Publication is not itself proof of a club compliance deadline.
Before renewing soccer scouting software, require evidence that the supplier supports the club’s intended decisions, permissions and recordkeeping—not merely that its platform is available.
Explore the evidence, criteria and sources for this part of the decision.
California privacy rights are not limited to retail customers.
The operative planning document is SB26-189, not an unchanged version of SB24-205.
Since 1 January 2026, Illinois law has expressly addressed AI use in recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal, discipline and other employment decisions.
Potentially, but the connection must be established rather than inferred from the nationality of a player or supplier.
From 1 August 2026, covered data brokers must access California’s deletion mechanism at least every 45 days and process applicable requests, subject to exceptions.
Supplier terms are contractual conditions, not government regulation—but they can still defeat the intended purchase.
On 30 March 2026, MLS announced that all clubs would be required to implement a formal privacy-management platform, with DataGrail used by participating clubs and approved alternatives elsewhere.
Not as the organising assumption for current NWSL player acquisition.
The useful procurement response is better provenance for contractual status, not a promise that software can determine legal availability.
Request current testing evidence for the exact product, rather than relying on an undated FIFA-certified claim.
Use non-negotiable acceptance gates before weighted supplier scoring.
