B063 unit 8 Legislation

Question 1

What is the copyright, design and patents act and when was it enacted

Answer 1

This act males it illegal to copy software or unlicensed use as well as other data such as data and 1998

Question 2

What is the data protection act and when was it enacted

Answer 2

1998 this introduced right to people who have data about them stored on computer systems.

Question 3

What is the Electric commerce regulation and when was it enacted

Answer 3

2002 these regulations cover a range of online activities and apply to the organisations that sell goods or services via the internet or email

Question 4

Name the types of software licences

Answer 4

Single User licence
Multi-User licence
Site licence

Question 5

How many points included in the DPA

Answer 5

8 points

Question 6

What are data controller in the context of legislation

Answer 6

This is a group or person that collects and keeps the data about people

Question 7

What is a data subject in the context of legislation

Answer 7

the person who has the data stored on them

Question 8

What is an information Commissioner

Answer 8

This is a person that enforces the rules of the DPA

Question 9

What actions will OCER theatre under the first point of the DPA

Answer 9

The data of the customers will be collected and this needs to be available for the customer to view and options to submit any data from online forms

Question 10

What actions will OCER theatre under the second point of the DPA

Answer 10

During registration the data controller supplies information about the data that will be collected and what they will use it for

Question 11

What actions will OCER theatre under the third point of the DPA

Answer 11

Data such as Name address and contact details but no other data will be collected but other questions may be used as optional

Question 12

What actions will OCER theatre under the fourth point of the DPA

Answer 12

To comply with the accuracy principle, the theatre could give the customer the option to check and update their membership details online

Question 13

What actions will OCER theatre under the fifth point of the DPA

Answer 13

Customer data should be kept for a reasonable quantity of time but if the customer doesn’t attend for a long period of time then the customer data will be deleted

Question 14

What actions will OCER theatre under the sixth point of DPA

Answer 14

The theatre must supply the customer with any details of the data the company have on them and that any incorrect data is updated

Question 15

What actions will OCER theatre under the seventh point of the DPA

Answer 15

The company must have adequate security measures to prevent unauthorised access to the data they have stored and any data is stored so to prevent data loss

Question 16

What actions will OCER theatre under the eighth point of the DPA

Answer 16

The transfer of any data is only done to companies based in other companies unless they have similar data protection legislation in place

Question 17

Name the data that is required to be displayed on a website

Answer 17

Trading name
Geographic address
Contact details including email address
Details of any entry in a trade register and registration number
Details of any supervising authority or governing body
VAT number

Question 18

Name the information that must be displayed during transaction

Answer 18

The different to follow to complete a transaction

Whether or not the complete transaction will be saved and will continue to be accessible to the buyer

Correction of any incorrect data online

Terms and conditions on transactions in a away that will the buyer to review and save them

A receipt for the order delivered electronically and without undue delay

Question 19

How can OCER theatre use SMS or Text messaging

Answer 19

Where the theatre uses text messaging to promote its events and shows the length of the message needs to be a maximum of 160 characters and is still subject to include the statutory information requirements about the organisation it is normally considered acceptable to include the company URL at the end of the message