These instances in which threats to human rights have been to the fore has been rather overlooked in the debate about World Anti Doping Agency and its “Whereabouts Policy”. This was one of the key themes at the second in a series of Economic and Social Research Council Seminar focusing on anti-doping policy which. I recently attended at Swansea University. Although it would be unwise to argue against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in its efforts to clean up sport through its anti-doping programme, there are major ethical considerations that need to be addressed regarding its application and the responsibilities of athletes. This is not a debate about the power of sporting federations (notably FIFA) and their wish to block WADA objectives, but about privacy, the work-space and the commercialization of elite sports.