686493
Description
Data loss, corruption
and theft
- legal implication
- Data protection act: if a business data is lost or stolen,
e.g by a hacker, the information commissioner can take
action against the business.
- computer misuse Act (CMA) - If data is stolen through
hacking then if the hacker is trace, the CMA enables
them to prosecute.
- computer misuse Act (CMA) - If data is stolen through
hacking then if the hacker is trace, the CMA enables
them to prosecute.
- Data protection act: if a business data is lost or stolen,
e.g by a hacker, the information commissioner can take
action against the business.
- impact on customers
- if the personal dtda of customers is lost, stolen or corrupted then
can have a serious impact on them and the business
- customers may: lose confident
and trust in the business and
may move their custom.
- customer may: become victims of
identity theft.
- customers may: lose confident
and trust in the business and
may move their custom.
- if the personal dtda of customers is lost, stolen or corrupted then
can have a serious impact on them and the business
- impact of emplyees
- if an employee loses, steals or corrupts data then this can
have a huge impact on them.
- This action an employee faces could be:
- a formal written warning
- A demotion in job role, and probably a
reduction in salary.
- dismissal from their job
- a reference which stated why they lost their job -
this could results in difficulty in finding another
job.
- a formal written warning
- the employer could also increase security including:
- access rights to data being changed
- more monitoring of what employees are doing whilst accessing the
data.
- access rights to data being changed
- This action an employee faces could be:
- if an employee loses, steals or corrupts data then this can
have a huge impact on them.
- impact on the business
- This can be very serious of the business.
- under the legislation relating to this a business will
have to pay compensation to the owners of the data.
- if the business cannot pay the compensation it may
have to close as it does not have any money to either
pay the compensation or to carry on trading.
- the business will also have an increase
to the level of security- its system an
premised. this can be expensive in terms
of purchase.
- their customers could lose confidence and take their custom
else where leading to financial problem - a business needs
customers to carry on trading.
- This can be very serious of the business.
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