5.3 Legislation And Privacy Flashcards
What is data protection
About lookijg sfter the personal data of people
Organisations that collect personal data must…
- Only collect the data for a specific purpose
- Make sure the data is accurate
- Data that is not necessary for the specific purpose may not be collected
Data collection sources
3rd parties Cookies Paper registration CCTV Forms
What are the 6 reasons for law processing
- Consent
- Legal obligation
- Public tasks
- Contract
- Vital interests
- Legitimate interests
Consent
A person has agreed to their data being used
Contract
Processing is needed for a contract
Legal obligation
Processing the data is needed to meet the law
Vital interests
Processing is needed to protect someone’s life
Public task
For performing an official task
Legitimate interest
Their is a clear benefit to the usermor company
Data must be stored so that
- Data is kept accurate and up to date
- It is not kept longer than necessary
- It must not be transferred to other countries unless they can keep it protected
- Customers must be told of a data breach within 72 hours of it happening
Methods of securing data
- Using passwaords
- Security levels
- Encrypting data
- CCTV
- Guards
- 2 factor-authentication
Rights of the Data Protection Act (2018)
The right to view data stored about you organisations for free
You must consent to having marketing sent to you
The right to withdraw consent
The right to make changes to your data if it is inaccurate
The right to be forgotten
Penalties from Data Protection Act
In order of least to severe:
- issues warnings
- order company to comply
- 4% of company turnover
- €20 million
Privacy issues
Cookies and other data collection sources may be a reason to have concern because they don’t know what is happening to your data
Cookies allow websites to
Store data such as the contents of your shopping basket
Remember that you are logged into a website
Remember who your are
Track you
Target advertising to you
What offences did the Computer Misuse Act (1990) give?
Unauthorised access to computer material
Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate a crime
Unauthorised modification of software or data
Making, supplying or obtaining anything used in computer misuse offences which can be
What fines can the Computer Misuse Act (1990) bring?
10 years in prison and a fine in addition to this
What is unauthorised access?
Where a person gains access to a computer system without permission
What will hackers do with unauthorised access?
They can try to find weaknesses in a computer system
Give examples of unauthorised modification
- Deleting another user’s files
- Changing the content of documents
- Altering the content of web pages
- Rewriting computer programs to remove activation keys
What are inventions covered by?
Patents
What does copyright protect?
Books, video, music and software for around 70 years after publication or an author’s death
Copyright also lets an author or musician decide how their work should be used
What are the copyrighted materials and patents protected by?
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)
Copyright infringement
Copying books, webpages, music, video or software
What can copyright or trademark infringement result in?
Fines
Up to 10 years in prison
How can you prevent copyright
- License keys, activation keys and serial numbers
- Holograms on physical products to show they are genuine
- Online registration or activation will prevent the software from working if a licence has not been purchased
Is software protected by copyright law?
Yes
For proprietary software, what must be bought first so that it can be used?
A license
For open source software, do you need a license to use it?
No, it can be downloaded for free
What is proprietary software?
- Most commonly used software by the general public today
- This type of software us typically off-the-shell and not custom made
What does the developer of proprietary software do with the code?
Keeps it
What can the user do with proprietary software do?
Cannot adapt or modify the software, must only be used if the user has a license.
Often source software
Provides access to the source code that was used to create it. By having the source code, users have the freedom to develop or modify it
What do people do with open source software?
Collab together to improve the software
Give examples of open source software
Linux, ubuntu, redhat
