Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Computer Science 3 - Issues
- Ethical + Cultural
- Privacy
- Companies can sell details
like buying habits and
likes/dislikes to
advertisers
- Censorship
- Some governments use it to restrict access to
information
- Many countries
use some form
- For example
restricting access
for children
- Surveillance
- Many governments use
surveillance.
- For example intelligence
agencies in order to find
any illegal activity
- Impact Social Well-being
- Cyberbullying
- Trolling
- Digital Divide
- Health Problems
- Eyestrain
- Repetitive Strain Injury
- Back problems+
poor posture
- Environmental
- Using up natural recources
- Crude oil
- Precious metals
- Energy
- Pollution
- Scarce recources
- E-waste
- Computer Legislation
- Data Protection Act
- Gives rights to data subejects
- Data should be adequate,
relevant and not excessive for the
specified use
- Data should not
be kept longer
than necesarry
- Data should not be
transferred abroad
without adequate
protection
- Data must only be
used in a fair and
lawful way
- Data must be
accurate and kept
up-to-date
- Data should be kept
safe and secure
- The rights of the
data subjects
must be observed
- Data must only be used
for the specified
purpose
- Companies must
register with the
government and
say what info they
are holding and
how theyll use it
- Freedom of Information Act
- allows members of the
public to access
information held by a
public organisation about
its activities
- This includes:
Houses of
parliament, local
councils, armed
forces, NHS,police
authorities,schools
and unis
- Computer Misuse Act
- Prevents illegal access
to files
- gaining Unauthorised access
or unauthorised modification
of computer material
- Copyright, designs and patents act
- Creative Commons license