Laws

Question 1

Environmental issues

Answer 1

Many computers such as web servers, domain name servers and data centres, need to be left running continuously. This requires a lot of energy to maintain.

People also discard ict equipment quite quickly, for example people have new smartphones every couples of years

requires a lot of energy to maintain.
discard ict equipment quite quickly

Question 2

Legal Issues

Answer 2

illegal share of personal data

theft of financial info

Question 3

The Data Protection Act 1998 AND 2018

Answer 3

The law that was passed to

control way information is handled and to give legal rights to people who have information stored about them.

Question 4

The computer misuse act 1990

Answer 4

The law makes the following illegal :

Unauthorised access to a computer system (hacking)with intent to commit a further crime. (intent to steal data or destroy the device)

Unauthorised modification of data. (deletion of data and malware or spyware onto a computer)

Question 5

The Copyright, Designs and Patents act 1988

Answer 5

law created to protect peoples’ creations.

When someone creates something they own it, this includes a picture, video, a book or a game.

Copyright is a legal means of ensuring that content creators can protect what they create.

Question 6

Creative Commons Licensing

Answer 6

Creative Commons licensing

A creative commons licence is a

public copyright license that allows the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.

This has to be authorised by the author.

Question 7

The Freedom of Information Act

Answer 7

gives the public the right to access any information recorded by the public sector