C - Wider Implications Flashcards

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Digital Footprint

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All the data you have shared makes up your digital footprint. Future employers and the government can look at this to make decisions about you (can be either active or passive)

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Location Services

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Location services track where you are using GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and phone towers.

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Where aare location services used?

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App-based taxi services, airports and railways, fitness trackers, location-based games, Law and order

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Cookies

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Session-based or persistant files stored on your computer that; * keep you logged in * or store your shopping bag * etc

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Transactional Data

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Data that is collected when a user exchanges information with a business, such as shopping with their loyalty card.

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Environmental Issues

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To create a computer, over 7,300 gallons of water is used, and that is an issue. Highly toxic chemicals like Arsenic, Cadium and Chromium are also used to create a computer.

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Packaging & Distribution

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Packaging for IT equiptment is often unrecyclable and end up in landfill. Devices usually also travel large distances from their factories in China and Taiwan across the planet to customers in other countries.

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Device Usage

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Keep devices cool uses a lot of energy too, and if this is not from renewable forms of energy, then it is speeding up the rate of Global Warming.

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How to prevent environmental risks

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Only upgrade devices when necessary, check power setting, don’t print if not needed, don’t leave devices on standby

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Disposal

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You must dispose of IT equiptment properly. The current legislation is the WEEE laws (Waste, Electrical and Electrical Equiptment Regulations 2013). You should; donate, recycle, refurbish or trade-in devices so that they can end up not going in landfill.

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Digital Literacy

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With IT equiptment becoming increasingly more important in society, digital literacy is important. Simple tasks like using a web browser and using a word processor should be essential nowadays.

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Digital Divide

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The gap between those with great technology skills and those with not.

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Digital Exclusion

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Where people cannot access important digital services.

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Net Neutrality

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The concept that all traffic online should be treated the same. Without Net Neutrality, Governments and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can block access to certain sites.

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Data Protection

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More personal information is being stored on computers, and with that data becomes beig responsibilities. If the data were to be stolen, it could be a big risk. Protected by Data Protection Act 2018.

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GDPR

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General Data Protection Regulation 2016 of the European Union

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Intellectual Property

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Original designs, ideas and artwaork that is protected if you create it. If ownership is hard to prove, then a copyright, trademark or patent is put in place. Protected by the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988

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The Malicious Communications Act

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A law that prevents people from posting malicious things on the internet. Sanctions can include 2 years of prison or a fine.