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legislation - Coggle Diagram
legislation
data protection act
storing of personal data
use and acquisition
collecting - storing - protecting
security - links to 1.4 - prevention methods
computer misuse act
illegal to make any unauthorised access to data
with intent to commit other offices
with the intent to modify data e.g. virus
crimes
fraud
theft
unauthorised work
planting of viruses
deliberate data destruction
hacking WITHOUT PERMISSION
hacking can be legal if given permission
copyright/ design and patents act
illegal to copy, modify or distribute (piracy)
images
music
software
algorithms
computer programs
data bases
video
intellectual property
protect original work
stopping acts which stop the author from getting money
software licence
proprietary
per user or per computer
no access to the source code
tested by developers before release
possible beta programme
protected by copyright/ design and patents act
open source
users can modify
can be installed on any number of computers
support provided by community
access to the source code
not fully tested
NO such thing as closed software
NOT ALWAYS free