Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental concerns

Question 1

What laws have been used in the UK to help protect people and their data?

Answer 1

The Data Protection Act(1998/2018)
The Computer Misuse Act (1990)
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)
Creative Commons Licensing
The Freedom of Information Act (2000)

Question 2

What is the data protection Act?

Answer 2

A legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK

Question 3

What is the computer misuse Act?

Answer 3

A legislation that defines a number of offences involving the use of a computer e.g. unauthorised access to computer systems

Question 4

What is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act ?

Answer 4

A legislation that gives the creator of published material the control over the way it’s used

Question 5

What is Creative Commons Licensing?

Answer 5

A copyright licence that allows free sharing and distribution of a product/

Question 6

What is the Freedom of Information Act ?

Answer 6

A legislation that was introduced to give the public ther right to access information recorded by public sector organisations

Question 7

What are the 3 separate parts to the computer misuse act?

Answer 7

• It is illegal to access data stored on a computer unless you have permission to do so
• It is illegal to access data on a computer when that material will be used to commit further illegal activity, such as fraud or blackmail.
• It is illegal to make changes to any data stored on a computer when the user does not have permission to do so

Question 8

What is the maximum punishment for breaking the Computer Misuse Act?

Answer 8

a £5,000 fine or several years’ imprisonment.

Question 9

If you haven’t been given a license, what is it illegal to do with somebody else’s work?

Answer 9

make copies of the material
publish it and sell it without permission
distribute it to other people
sell copies to other people

Question 10

What are the different creative common licenses in the UK?

Answer 10

Attribution
Non-commercial
No derivative works
Share-alike

Question 11

What is Attribution?

Answer 11

The work can be copied, modified, distributed, displayed and performed but the copyright owner must be given credit.

Question 12

What is a non - commercial license?

Answer 12

The work can be copied, modified, distributed and displayed but no profit can be made from it.

Question 13

What is a No derivative works license?

Answer 13

The work can be copied, distributed, displayed and performed but cannot be modified.

Question 14

What is a share-alike license ?

Answer 14

The work can be modified and distributed but must be covered by an identical licence.

Question 15

Give some examples of public sector organisations

Answer 15

schools.councils,government departments, health trusts and hospitals, libraries,museums

Question 16

What information are public sector organisations excluded from providing to the public?

Answer 16

sensitive information and information that would be too costly and too time consuming to produce

Question 17

What is the difference between open source and proprietary software?

Answer 17

Open source software can be free of copyright and is usually available to anyone. Proprietary software is copyrighted and only available under licence.