5 issues and impact legislation and privacy

Question 1

what rights do the data protection act (2018) give you (4)

Answer 1

• To delete your personal data
• The right to withdraw consent
• The right to make changes to your data if it’s inaccurate
• The right to view data stored about you for free (before it was £10)

Question 2

give issues associated with the collection and use of personal data (5)

Answer 2

• Privacy
• Ownership
• Consent
• Misuse
• Data protection

Question 3

give the 6 lawful reasons for processing data

Answer 3

• consent
• contract
• legal obligation
• vital interests
• public task
• legitimate interests

Question 4

what is a cookie

Answer 4

• a small text file with ID tags that is stored on your computer
• created when you use your browser to visit a website

Question 5

what do cookies do (3)

Answer 5

• resume where you left off for when you revisit
• remember registered login
• remember theme selections

Question 6

what is intellectual property

Answer 6

property that isn’t physical but has value

Question 7

give examples of intellectual property

Answer 7

• logos
• brands
• books
• music

Question 8

what are the three ways you can protect intellectual property

Answer 8

• patents
• copyright
• trademark

Question 9

explain patents

Answer 9

prevents anyone using an invention for 20 years

Question 10

explain copyright

Answer 10

• protects books, videos, music and software
• lets the creator decide how their work should be used
• for usually 70 years after publication or their death

Question 11

explain trademark

Answer 11

names or symbols used by a company so that they cannot be used by others

Question 12

give examples of trademark

Answer 12

• Advertising
• Business stationary
• Customer service
• Companies personality

Question 13

what is propierty software

Answer 13

most commonly used software today

Question 14

how can you start using propierty software

Answer 14

purchase a licence before use

Question 15

what is open source software

Answer 15

software that provides access to the source code that was used to create it

Question 16

how can you start using open source software

Answer 16

• the licence permits the software to be free of copyright
• (usually has conditions as requiring you not to sell it)

Question 17

what is the computer misuse act 1990

Answer 17

• it is illegal to have any unauthorised access to data
• with the intention to commit further offences or modify data

Question 18

give examples of things the computer misuse act 1990 can call you out for (4)

Answer 18

• fraud
• planting of viruses
• data theft
• deliberate data destruction