Legislation Flashcards
What does RIPA do?
Provides certain bodies with the right to monitor Internet communicatikn and activites
What are some examples of public bodies that can take advantage of RIPA?
- the police
- security services
- environment protection agency
- office of fair trading
- serious fraud office
What 6 things can RIPA do?
- demand ISPs give access to a customers communications
- prevent this interception being revealed in court
- mass surveillance of communications
- monitor an individuals Internet activity
- demand access to protected information
- demand ISPs install software to facilitate this
Concerns about RIPA?
- invasion of privacy
- freedom of speech
- unnecessary censorship
- improper use of RIPA
What is a data subject?
Someone with data stored about them outside of their control
What is a data controller?
Someone who determines what data an organisation collects and how it it collected, processed and stored
What is a data commissioner?
A public body who has the power to enforce the data protection act, reports directly to the Crown and government
What is personal data?
General information about you (name, address, bank details….)
What is sensitive data?
Data that may allow discrimination (nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs….)
This is subject to additional legal protections
What are the 8 principles of DPA 1998?
- data collected and used faily and lawfully
- only held for specific reasons
- only used for the registered purpose
- adequate, relevant and not excessive
- kept accurate and up to date
- not kept longer than needed
- kept safe and secure
- not transferred outside EEA unless country has data protection
What rights do the subject have under DPA?
- Right of subject access
- right of correction
- right to prevent distress
- right to prevent direct marketing
- right to prevent automatic decisions
- right of complaint
- right to compensation
What principle was added to DPA in 2018?
Data controllers must be able to prove security methods of sufficient
What actions are made illegal under computer misuse?
- unauthorised access to a computer system
- unauthorised access to digital materials with intent to commit further crime
- unauthorised modification of data
- making supplying it obtaining tools used to commit computer offences
What is intellectual property?
Anything you create with your mind
What are intellectual properties protected by?
- copyright
- patents
- licensing
- trademarks
