Unit 6 - Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology Flashcards
What is the law for Data protection?
The Data Protection Act (2018)
What are the 3 rules for organisations collecting personal data?
-Only collect the data for a specific purpose.
-Make sure the data is accurate.
-Data that is not necessary for the specific purpose may not be collected.
What is Consent in Lawful data processing?
A person has agreed to their data being used (e.g A tick box to consent to receive a newsletter)
What is Contract in Lawful data processing?
Processing is needed for a contract (e.g A contract for buying a house)
What is Legal obligation in Lawful data processing?
Processing the data is needed to meet the law (e.g Keeping tax records)
What are Vital Interests in Lawful data processing?
Processing is needed to protect someone’s life (e.g A teacher gives a collapsed student’s name to a paramedic)
What is a Public task in Lawful data processing?
For performing an official task (e.g A criminal court)
What are Legitimate interests in Lawful data processing?
There is a clear benefit to the user or company (e.g Processing customer data)
What are the 4 rules for organisations storing personal data?
The data is kept accurate and up to date.
It is not kept any longer than necessary.
It must not be transferred to other countries unless they can keep it protected.
Customers must be told of a data breach within 72 hours of it happening.
What is the law for Computer Misuse?
Computer Misuse Act (1990)
Name 4 offences for Computer Misuse.
Unauthorised access to computer material.
Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate a crime.
Unauthorised modification of software or data
Making, supplying or obtaining anything which can be used in computer misuse offences.
What is Proprietary software?
The source code is usually kept by the developer (closed-source) and the user receives the compiled programs.
The software cannot be adapted or modified by the user.
The software can only be used if the user has a licence (which is usually paid for).
This type of software is typically off-the-shelf and not custom made.
What is Open source software?
Open source software provides access to the source code that was used to create it.
By having the source code, users have the freedom to develop or modify it
Open source software is often developed collaboratively by many programmers and companies that give up their time to improve the software.
What is the Creative Commons license ‘Attribution’?
It can be copied, modified, distributed, displayed and performed but the copyright owner must be given credit.
What is the Creative Commons license ‘Non-commercial’?
It can be copied, modified, distributed and displayed but no profit can be made from it.
