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Flashcards by Iwan Hudson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Iwan Hudson
about 4 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the Data Protection Act (1998) | This Act specifies the rules about collecting and holding data. These include: 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 unauthorised access. |
| What is the Computer Misuse Act (1990) | Designed to prosecute hackers who gain access to computer systems without consent Software developers should not create programs that are capable of gaining unauthorised access to other programs or data. |
| What is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988) | Copyright law protects the owner of a creative work from having it illegally copied. Computer programs are subject to copyright law. A user interface, and the ‘look and feel’ of an operating system, can also be subject to copyright law. |
| What is 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 This could be, for example, a set of lesson plans or a book, play or video they have written or made. The creator can choose to allow only non-commercial uses, so that their work cannot be copied and distributed for profit. |
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