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computer related legislation, Moral and Ethical Issues - Coggle Diagram
computer related legislation
Data Protection Act 1998
Controls the data about living people is stored.
Storage and processing must be:
Relevant and not excessive
Up to date
Only kept as long as needed.
Exceptions:
National Security
Crime and taxation
Domestic Purposes
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Make it an offence to access or modify computer material without permission.
Unauthorised access
Unauthorised access with malicious intent
Unauthorised modification
making, supplying or obtaining anything
Examples:
using someone else's login
spreading virus
changing/deleting data
Copyright, Designs and patents act 1988
Steps to prevent illegal copying:
Entering Unique key before installing
some apps will only run if dongle is plugged into usb port
Algorithms cannot be copyrighted
Regulation of investigatory
Powers Act 2000
Allows government bodies to:
Ask someone to hand over keys to protected data
Ask ISP to access customers communications
Regulates surveillance and investigation
and covers the interception of communication
Moral and Ethical Issues
Computers in the workforce:
Advantages:
Reduce delivery time
Speed up manufacturing process
lower unit labour costs.
Disadvantages:
Cause Unemployment
if something goes wrong, there might be a major loss.
Automated decision Making: