Legislation

Question 1

What does the Consumer Contract Regulations do and when was it made?

Answer 1

They specify the rights of customers and traders when shopping online.

2013

Question 2

What does the Consumer contract regulations make traders and customers do?

Answer 2

• Traders to provide customers with a full description of the products available, product prices, delivery charges, methods of payment and return options.
• A customer can cancel an order with a full refund for physical products not digital ones
• If a customer breaks a security seal on a DVD or video games they cannot cancel their order. Also they cannot cancel tailor-made digital goods.
• The supplier must provide details on hardware and software compatibility

Question 3

What act is being broken if a company charges you for a product the moment you put it in your basket at the supermarket.

Answer 3

Consumer Contract Regulation 2013

Question 4

What does the Data Protection Act do and when was it made?

Answer 4

Controls how personal data is used by organisations - 1998

Question 5

What is personal data?

Answer 5

Data about an identifiable individual - DOB, Name

Question 6

What are the eight data protection principles?

Answer 6

• Be processed fairfully and lawfully with the data subject’s consent
• Be used for the specified purpose only given to the information Commissioner
• Be adequate and relevant for it’s intended purpose - Not selling
• Be accurate and kept up-to-date e.g Phone numbers/addresses
• Not kept for longer than necessary
• Be processed in accordance with the rights of the data subject
• Be held safely and securely - not left open to be viewed

-Not be transferred out of the EU without adequate protection

Question 7

What is a data controller?

Answer 7

Employed by an organisation who is responsible for controlling the way data is processed in the organisation.

Question 8

What is a data subject?

Answer 8

Individuals whose data is held by organisations

Question 9

What is a information commissioner?

Answer 9

Employed by the government to enforcing the Data Protection Act 1998 and also raise awareness of it for organisations and the general public

Question 10

What does the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act do and when was it made?

Answer 10

Protects the property rights of those individuals and organisations that create and produce intellectual property

Helps deter Piracy

Makes companies responsible for monitoring which employees have access to licenced software and employees cannot have unauthorised programs

Unauthorised software downloaded form the internet is not permitted

Question 11

What is a software license?

Answer 11

Many organisation use networks and when they purchase a software package to install on their network, they must also purchase a software license to cover the number of users/computers. If they want more users they must pay for more licenses

Question 11

What is intellectual property?

Answer 11

Material based on an person’s or organisation’s original ideas

Question 12

What is Piracy?

Answer 12

The illegal copying or downloading and distribution of software without permission

Question 13

What is FACT?

Answer 13

Federation, Against, Copyright Theft is an organisation software producers can subscribe to protect against illegal use of their software.

Question 14

What does the Computer Misuse Act do and when was it made?

Answer 14

Designed to protect users against computer misuse, including unauthorised access to computers systems and the deliberate hacking of computers to plant viruses or install spyware - 1990

States it is illegal to gain unauthorised access to change passwords and computer setting or to modify stored software/data

You cannot be making, supplying or obtaining anything which can be used in computer misuse offences