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The Legislation Acts (Data Protection Act (Key Principles (It must be…
The Legislation Acts
Data Protection Act
Key Principles
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It can only be used for those registered purposes and only be disclosed to those people mentioned in the register entry. You cannot give it away or sell it unless you said you would to begin with.
The information held must be adequate, relevant and not excessive when compared with the purpose stated in the register. So you must have enough detail but not too much for the job that you are doing with the data.
It must be accurate and be kept up to date. There is a duty to keep it up to date, for example to change an address when people move.
It must not be kept longer than is necessary for the registered purpose. It is alright to keep information for certain lengths of time but not indefinitely. This rule means that it would be wrong to keep information about past customers longer than a few years at most.
The information must be kept safe and secure. This includes keeping the information backed up and away from any unauthorised access. It would be wrong to leave personal data open to be viewed by just anyone.
The files may not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (that's the EU plus some small European countries) unless the country that the data is being sent to has a suitable data protection law. This part of the DPA has led to some countries passing similar laws to allow computer data centres to be located in their area.
Computer Misuse Act
Key Principles
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accessing computer material without permission, eg looking at someone else's files
accessing computer material without permission with intent to commit further criminal offences, eg hacking into the bank's computer and wanting to increase the amount in your account
altering computer data without permission, eg writing a virus to destroy someone else's data, or actually changing the money in an account
Copyright Act
Key Principles
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An agreement between the company that developed the software and the user must be agreed before the software is installed. This is called the licence agreement and covers copyright.
Certain pieces of software require a unique licence key to be entered before the installation will continue.
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Some applications or programs will only run if a special piece of hardware called a dongle is plugged into the back of the computer.