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Computing Laws - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Made between the buyer and the seller
      - Regulation covers
      - What information the trader must give the consumer before and after the sale
      - How that information should be supplied
      - The right for consumers to change their minds when buying at a distance or off premises
      - Delivery times and passing of risk
      - Prevention on any additional payments being charged without the consumer being informed
      - Prevention on consumers having to pay more than the basic rate for aftersales customer helplines
    - - Cancellation Rights
      - You have the right to cancel a purchase within 14 calendar days
      - You must return the item within 14 days of cancellation
      - Online traders can withhold funds until goods are returned or evidence of return is provided
      - The can reduce the refund if the returned goods show evidence of use beyond the handling necessity
      - Traders must refund within 14 days of cancellation of service
      - Where the consumer cancels a contract any warranty or credit agreement is automatically cancelled also
    - - Exemptions (No right to cancel contract)
      - Investment products – vintage wines, art
      - Bespoke and customised goods
      - Goods which expire/deteriorate quickly
      - Newspapers and magazines
      - Contracts completed at a public auction
      - Goods sealed for health or hygiene reasons (earrings)
      - Audio, video and software products if the seal has been broken
      - Urgent household repair contracts
- - - - Copyright
      - Only use the material with the owners permission
      - Can be an exception for educational purposes
      - You must acknowledge your sources
      - Reference
    - - Design
      - Means others cannot copy the original design
      - Original can be protected for up to 25 years
      - Problem comes up with what is counted as copied and proving it
    - - Patents
      - Idea protected for up to 20 years
      - Must have an inventive step that is not obvious to someone with knowledge or experience in the subject
      - Has to be a big step forward
      - Doesn’t cover Scientific or mathematical discoveries
      - This can also mean computer programs aren't covered
      - Alternative ?
      - Trademarks
      - Used to tell one product apart from other ones
      - Can be a name, logo, domain name, slogan, sound or shape
    - - Relating to software
        
        Any breach of the law statements or the following license agreements is an offense
        
        Single user license
        
        Only can be installed on one device
        
        Multi user license
        
        Can be installed on a defined number of devices with reduced costs for each machine
        
        Site license
        
        Can be installed on any number of computers within a single location
        
        Public Domain Software
        
        Allows free use of the software but normally only in the USA and not the UK
        
        Freeware license
        
        Free use and distribution but not of sale
        
        Shareware license
        
        Free use and distribution of software for a limited trial period, continued use must be paid after trial
        
        Concurrent user license
        
        Allows the use of software on an agreed number of computers
        
        Piracy
        
        Copying or distributing is a breach of the CDP act
        
        Breaches include;
        
        Any method of copying
        
        Issuing copies to the public
        
        Renting or lending copies to the public
        
        Performing, showing or playing in the public
        
        Broadcasting the media be electronic means
        
        Adapting the work
        
        Can be done with consent
        
        Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
        
        Piracy protection
        
        Software supplied in a for that is difficult to copy
        
        Unprotected software relies on legal authority
        
        Physical changes to the data on the disk to prevent it being copied
        
        Installation disks contain software in encrypted forms
        
        Key disks contain credits that are reduced each time an installation takes place
- - - - Data quantity
      - Personal data will be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which they are processed
      - Data quality
      - Personal data shall be accurate and where necessary kept up to date
    - - Data lifetime
      - Personal data processes for any purpose shall not be kept longer than is necessary for that purpose
      - Data subject rights
      - Data will be processed within the data subject rights (1)
      - Have inaccurate data destroyed or corrected
      - Compensation for damage or distress from contravention of the act
      - Internal security
        
        Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against;
        
        Unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data
        
        Accidental loss, destruction of or damage to personal data
        
        External security
        
        Personal data shall not be transferred to a country outside of the EU
        
        Unless they have an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of the data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data
        
        Every data controller must register with the information commissioner
        
        Data controller
        
        Person in charge of how and why data is processed
        
        Information commissioner
        
        The person with the power to enforce the act
        
        There are exceptions
        
        National security
        
        Crime prevention
        
        Taxation