1.1 HOLDERS OF INFORMATION

Question 1

Information Holders definition

Answer 1

entities that COLLECT, STORE, PROCESS information.

Question 2

What is the difference between data and information?

Answer 2

Data is RAW unorganised facts whilst Information is PROCESSED facts.

Question 3

List the categories of holders

Answer 3

individual citizens

businesses

educational institutions

governments

charities

community organisations

healthcare services

Question 4

Businesses

Answer 4

organisations that are trying to make a profit

Question 5

What type of information do businesses hold?

Answer 5

• financial info
• customer info
• employee info (personal info, pay, absence etc)
• competitor info (products, sales etc)

Question 6

What type of information do individual citizens hold?

Answer 6

information about themselves, as well as other people and organisations they know.

• personal info (address, DoB)
• hold info on others (phone number, email, etc)

Question 7

Educational institutions
- what type of info will they hold?
schools, colleges, unis..etc

Answer 7

• personal info on staff
• personal info on students
• time in education (such as 5 yrs)
• assessment grades
• attendance

Question 8

Government - what type of info will they hold?

departments that run the country

Answer 8

• info on citizens and other governments
• earnings + tax records
• info individual may not be aware of through investigation (e.g tax affairs)
• electoral roll (address, family members)

Question 9

Charities - what type of info will they hold?

Answer 9

• info on donors, staff, the patient receiving donor

Question 10

Healthcare services - what type of info will they hold?

Answer 10

• hold info of patient’s records - prescriptions
• medical history
• doctor/gp
• surgeries, pharmacies

Question 11

community organisations - what type of info will they hold?

Answer 11

hold info on :
- charities in local areas (mosques, churches)

• gym subscriptions
• info about events going on and its members

Question 12

location of information

Answer 12

developing country

developed country

urban

rural

Question 13

developing

developed

underdeveloped country

Answer 13

developing country -

less developed industrial base. HDI - a measure of life expectancy/education/ income per population is lower than developed country

underdeveloped country -

less developed industrial base, less access to computers + internet. making info gathering difficult for developed countries

Question 14

How does being in a rural area (location) affect information access?

Answer 14

• weaker mobile network coverage
  (slow broadband speeds)
• INTERMITTENT network coverage: drops in and out

Question 15

How does being in a urban area affect information access?

Answer 15

it has a better mobile network coverage BUT

blackspots can occur - in buildings (obstruction + interference)

Question 16

digital/global divide
- what is it

Answer 16

the gap between those that have access to the digital resources/technology and between those that do not in different areas of the world.