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Mind Map by Finley Parker-Fixter, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Finley Parker-Fixter
over 3 years ago
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Legislation and privacy
- Law
- The Data Protection Act (1998)
- This meant that: The data must be accurate and up to
date. You have a right to see what data is held about you.
The data must be protected from unauthorized access
- This meant that: The data must be accurate and up to
date. You have a right to see what data is held about you.
The data must be protected from unauthorized access
- Computer Misuse Act (1990)
- Designed to prosecute hackers who
gain access to computer systems
without consent
- People who develop software should not
make programs that can get unauthorized
access to others programs or data
- Unauthorized access to computer material
- Unauthorized access with intent
to commit or facilitate a crime
- Unauthorized modification of computer material
- Making, supplying or obtaining anything which can be
used in computer misuse offences
- Designed to prosecute hackers who
gain access to computer systems
without consent
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)
- Copyright law protects the owner of a
creative work from having it illegally copied
- The law also applies to software
- A user interface, and the ‘look and feel’ of an
operating system, can also be subject to copyright law
- It is illegal for an individual to copy software such as a game or
application such as a word processing or graphics package
- Copyright law protects the owner of a
creative work from having it illegally copied
- Creative Commons Licensing
- A Creative Commons licence is used when an author is willing to
give people the right to share or use a work that they have created
- The creator can choose to allow only non-commercial uses, so
that their work cannot be copied and distributed for profit
- A Creative Commons licence is used when an author is willing to
give people the right to share or use a work that they have created
- Freedom of Information Act
(2000)
- In 2000, a new law was passed to give people access to data
held by public authorities
- It does not give access to personal data about people
- In 2000, a new law was passed to give people access to data
held by public authorities
- The Data Protection Act (1998)
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