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Legislation
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GCSE ICT Mind Map on Legislation, created by jadepalmer98 on 08/11/2013.
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Legislation
Computer Misuse Act 1990
4 Offences
1 - Unauthorised access to computer material
2 - Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate a crime
3 - Unauthorised modification of computer material
4 - Making, supplying or obtaining anything which can be used in computer misuse offences
Penalties
1 - Up to 6 months in prison/hefty fine
2 - Up to 5 years prison sentence and/or hefty fine
3 - Up to a 5 year prison sentence and/or hefty fine
4 - Up to a 5 year prison sentence and/or unlimited fine
Problems
Proving the offence took place
Plead ignorance saying they weren't aware what they were doing
Tracing who was responsible
Blaming others - saying they were hacked
Damage already done even when caught
Data lost or irretrievably damaged/sold to other companies
Data Protection Act 1998
Terminology
Personal Data
Annotations:
Covers both facts and opinions about a living individual
Data subject
Annotations:
The person that the data is being collected from or stored about
Data processor/ Data user
Annotations:
Someone who accesses, uses and processes personal data as part of their jobs
Data controller
Annotations:
Often the person in charge of the organisation - responsible for ensuring that any collection, storage and processing is done in accordance of the DPA
Information Commissioner
Annotations:
Overall responsibility for enforcing DPA in the UK
Eight Principles
Personal Data should be obtained and processed fairly and lawfully
Personal data can be held only for specified and lawful purposes
Personal data should be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the required purpose
Personal data should be accurate and kept up-to-date
Personal data should not be kept for longer than necessary
Data must be processed in accordance with the rights of the data subject
Appropriate security measures must be taken against unauthorised access
Personal data cannot be transferred to countries outside the EU unless it has similar legislation to the DPA
Computer Design and Patents Act 1988
Copyright Act
Introduced to protect the investment of time, money and effort by the people who produce original pieces of work
Authors of books, composers, film makers, game designers etc
2 Main purposes
1 - To ensure people are rewarded for their endeavours
2 - To give protection to the copyright holder if someone tries to copy or steal their work
Copyright and ICT
Copying software
Copying or downloading music
Copying images or photographs from the web
Copying text from webpages and pretending its your own
Software Licences
Single User Licence
Loaded onto 1 machine, but other people can use it on the same device
Multi User Licence
Bought for specific number of users
Annotations:
Ie, 20 users, so at any one time, only 20 people on the network can use the software
Site Licence
Everyone in that site or office can use it
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