Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy

Question 1

What are the 4 impacts of digitech on society?

Answer 1

environmental, ethical, legal, privacy

Question 2

Give 3 pros of the intenet

Answer 2

knowledge
comms
education
research
e commerce

Question 3

Give 3 cons of the internet

Answer 3

piracy
illegal images
offensive content
hate speech
fake news
fraud

Question 4

Give 3 pros of internet regulation

Answer 4

internet no different than other media
harmful content
protect children
profit making orgs should have responsibility to protect

Question 5

give 3 cons of internet regulation

Answer 5

freedom of expression
anyone can be an author on the internet
internet to fast to regulate
censorship bad for democracy
parents should be responsible

Question 6

give 3 privacy issues that can happen on the internet

Answer 6

GPS tracking
navigation apps
automatically tagged features on photos like date and time
find my phone feature

Question 7

give a privacy features that happen in the workplace and school

Answer 7

schools monitor internet, email and general computer activity
companies monitor their work forces browser use and record their business calls

Question 8

give 4 privacy issues of computer science

Answer 8

face rec
electronic tagging
cell phone and gps tracking
recording internet browsing history
retention of personal data
smart listening devices

Question 9

give 3 benefits of smart devices recording?

Answer 9

data encryption
convenient
added functions
assists disabled functions
good if nothing to hide
data not recorded for other purposes

Question 10

give 2 cons of smart devices recording?

Answer 10

invasion of privacy
tv could take footage
data sent over internet for processing
donating may not be used for intended purpose

Question 11

what are 4 rules the data protection act of 2018 state:

Answer 11

data containers must:
be able to prove their measurements are efficient
be processed security of the data
kept no longer than is necessary
processed lawfully
collected for legitimate reasons
be adequate
be accurate

Question 12

what are 2 rules the computer misuse act of 1990 state?

Answer 12

illegal to:
make any unauthorised data access
commit further offences with the internet
modify data

Question 13

what are 4 things that the computer misuse act cover

Answer 13

fraud
unauthorised work
viruses
hacking
data destruction
data theft

Question 14

what are 3 rules the copyright designs and patents act of 1988 prevent

Answer 14

theft
piracy
use of software without a licence
use of ICT to copy files