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ICT Legislation
What is the Data Protection Act (1998) and why was it created? What are the eight principles of the Data Protection Act? Data Protection Act: What rights do we have? What is an Information Commissioner, Data Controller and Data Subject? Are there any exemptions to the Data Protection Act?
Information Commissioner: Person who has the power to enforce the Act. Data Controller: Person or Company that collects and keeps data about people. Data Subject: Person who has data about them stored outside their direct control.
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Police can access personal information in order to solve crimes. The taxman can access personal information to ensure people pay their tax! Any data held for domestic purposes at home e.g. birthday lists, address books.
What is the Computer Misuse Act (1990) and why was it created? What are the three principles of the Computer Misuse Act?
The Computer Misuse Act (1990) was developed to cope with the problems of computer hackers and viruses.
Hacker: Unauthorised user who attempts to or gains access to an information system Virus: A virus is a program written to cause mischief or damage to a computer system.
1. It is illegal to access unauthorised data e.g. Hacking. 2. It is illegal to access unauthorised data and intend to do it again e.g. Blackmail and fraud purposes. 3. It is illegal to access unauthorised data and amend it e.g. Planting Viruses and deleting files.