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Legislation
- implications on ICT policies
- difficult to be
complient- complient
officers job
- policies have to be drawn
up to ensure all activites
are within the law
- difficult to be
complient- complient
officers job
- The Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988
- Protects IP
- SW
- new innovative
computer human
interface
- HW
- books and
manuals
- images on websites
- SW
- Responsible for acts
of employees
- check no unauthorised SW
- check no illegal download
- ensure only running no of pieces of
SW allowed by licencing agreement
- check no unauthorised SW
- Policies needed to prevent
- copying witout permission
- sharing music illegally (P2P sharing)
- running more copies than allowed
- forcing employees to copy illegally
- These will be on ICT code of
practice/ acceptable usage policy
- copying witout permission
- Protects IP
- The Computer Misuse Act 1990
- covers
- deliberately planting or
transferring viruses
- using computer to do unauthorised work
- hacking into
someone elses
system
- using
computer to
commit fraud
- deliberately planting or
transferring viruses
- policy in ICT
code of practice
- ban on downloading
- ban use of using
others passwords
- regular audits
- ban on downloading
- covers
- The Data Protection Act 1998
- protect
personal
data from
misuse
- policies such as
- appointing senior member
of staff to data crontrol role
- Inform ICO
- Inform ICO
- notify ICO that
processing
personal data
- enable data
subjects to see
info
- ensure data
security is not
compromised
- ensure all staff
know principles
of DPA
- appointing senior member
of staff to data crontrol role
- protect
personal
data from
misuse
- The Freedom of Information Act 2000
- public authorities eg
schools, hospitals
- member of public can ask for information
- emails
- research reports
- etc
- emails
- need policies and procedures to provide
- public authorities eg
schools, hospitals
- The Telecommunications (Lawful
Business Practice) (Interception of
Communications) Regulations 2000
- allows interception and monitoring within
organisation without consent
- transaction logs
- activity logs
- effective use
- inspection of file content
- transaction logs
- check emails, phone calls
- will have policies stating when
this will happen and make staff
aware it may take place
- allows interception and monitoring within
organisation without consent
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- employers have duty to
minimise risk of injury
- policies include
- inspections of chairs etc regularly
- change tasks to reduce RSI
- properly trained
- paying for eye tests and glasses
- ensuring SW not stressful
- inspections of chairs etc regularly
- employers have duty to
minimise risk of injury
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