01 - Section 3 - Computer Legislation

Question 1

What act controls the use of personal data?

Answer 1

Data Protection Act 1998

Question 2

What are the 8 principles of the Data Protection Act 1998?

Answer 2

• data must only be use in a fair and lawful way
• data must only be used for the specifies purpose
• data should be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the specified use
• data must be accurate and kept up to date
• data should not be kept longer than necessary
• the rights of the data subject must be observed
• data should be kept safe and secure
• data should not be transferred abroad without adequate protection

Question 3

What are circumstances when the Data Protection Act will be lawfully broken?

Answer 3

• companies have to disclose data if it could affect national security tax assessment
• if required in a court case

Question 4

What act allows public access to data?

Answer 4

Freedoms of Information Act 2000

Question 5

What is the Freedom of Information Act 2000?

Answer 5

It allows members of the public to access information held by a public organisation about that’s organisation’s activities.
-act covers data files, emails and printed documents

Question 6

What do public organisations class as?

Answer 6

• government departments
• the Houses of Parliament
• local councils
• the armed forces
• National Health Service
• Police authorities
• Schools
• University

Question 7

What does the Freedom of Information Act 2000 cause public organisations to do?

Answer 7

• public organisations publish certain information on a regular basis
• members of the public can request specific information

Question 8

What are some exceptions to the Freedom of Information Act 2000?

Answer 8

• an organisation can withhold information if it’s intended for further publication
• if disclosing information would affect national security or cause people harm

Question 9

What act prevents the illegal access to files?

Answer 9

Computer Misuse Act 1990

Question 10

What are the specified acts you need to know?

Answer 10

Data Protection Act 1998
Freedoms of Information Act 2000
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Question 11

What three new offences did the Computer Misuse Act introduce?

Answer 11

• gaining unauthorised access to a private network or device (e.g. hacking)
• gaining unauthorised access to a network or device to commit a crime
• unauthorised modification of computer material (also makes it illegal to make, supply or obtain malware)

Question 12

What act protects innovation?

Answer 12

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Question 13

What does the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 protect?

Answer 13

Protects intellectual property of anything someone has created

• illegal to share copyrighted files without the copyright holder’s permission
• illegal to use unlicensed software or plagiarise someones work

Question 14

What does copyright cover?

Answer 14

Copyright covers written or recorded content

Question 15

What do patents cover?

Answer 15

Patents cover new inventions

-they protect ideas and concepts rather than actual content

Question 16

How has the internet made it harder to enforce the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988?

Answer 16

Internet has made it harder due to the ease of file sharing

-difficult to enforce if content is held in countries with more relaxed copyright laws

Question 17

Where does a lot of illegal file sharing occur?

Answer 17

• Over peer-to-peer networks using BitTorrent protocol to share files directly between devices
• Cloud-based file-hosting websites are also used, copyrighted content is uploaded to the website where anyone with an account can download it

Question 18

What is a Creative Commons licence?

Answer 18

Creative Commons (CC) licences allow you to legally share media and software online without having to ask for permission first
-intellectual property owners use CC licences when they want other to build upon their work

Question 19

What are the four types of Creative Commons licences?

Answer 19

Attribution
Share-alike
Non-commercial
No derivative works
-these licences are often combined

Question 20

What does an Attribution Creative Commons licence entail?

Answer 20

Work can be shared, copied or modified, but the copyright holder has to be credited

Question 21

What does a Share-alike Creative Commons licence entail?

Answer 21

Modified work can only be distributed with the same licence terms as the origional

Question 22

What does a Non-commercial Creative Commons licence entail?

Answer 22

Nobody can use the copyrighted work for profit

Question 23

What does a No derivative works Creative Commons licence entail?

Answer 23

The work can be copied and distributed, but can’t be modified or built on

Question 24

What is the public domain?

Answer 24

Works which don’t have any copyright attached to them, so you can share and copy them as you wish
-UK copyright expires 70 years after the creators death, at which point the creation enters the public domain