Homework 3 Legislation and privacy

Unit 5 Impacts of digital technology

Name:............................................................................. Class:................... Mark:................

1. The following table contains six actions that have found to recently have occurred in a car
dealership. Tick one box in each row to show which legislation applies to each action.

Action Data Computer Copyright,

Protection Misuse Designs and
Act Act Patents Act
(2018) (1990) (1988)
A member of staff finds a photo on the
Internet and, without the permission of
the photographer, puts it into a
newsletter they are making.
A salesperson notices a colleague’s
computer that hasn’t been locked. They
send an inappropriate email from their
account.
Customer data has been stored
unencrypted on a removable drive that
has been left on a desk in the
showroom.
The company has sold the personal
data of car buyers to an insurance
company without their permission.
The company like the look of a
competitor’s website. They have taken
some of the best images and started to
use them on their own site.
A salesperson wants to gain access to
a restricted area of the computer
system that is passworded. They try
several different passwords until one
works and they gain access.

2. Explain three ways that the Data Protection Act (2018) helps to keep
personal data safe.
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3. What legislation prevents software being installed without an appropriate licence or

permission?

4. A software company has produced some software for other manufacturing companies to
use. The software will be used to control machinery.
(a) Name a suitable licence for this software.

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(b) Discuss the benefits to the company of the licence you have chosen in part (a).

[Total 20 marks]