Legislation

Data Protection Act 2018

Seven Principles:

  1. Lawfulness

2.Purpose Limitations

  1. Data minimisation

4.Accuracy

5.Storage limitation

6.Security

7.Accountability

Lawfulness:

1.There must be valid reasons for collecting and using personal data

  1. Nothing must be done with the data in a branch of any other laws

3.Personal data can only be used in a way that is fair. This means data must not be processed in a way that is damaging, unexpected or misleading.

4.The person or organisation collecting the data must be open and honest with people from the start about how they will use their personal data.

Purpose limitation:

1.The purpose for processing the data must be clear from the start

2.The purpose must be documented

3.Data must not be used for a new purpose unless this is for original purpose

Data minimisation:

Data being processed must be adequate, relevant and limited only to what is necessary

Accuracy:

Data must not be incorrect

Computer Misuse Act

It is a criminal offense to make any unauthorised access to computer material with the intent to commit further offences or with the intent to modify the computer material.

Data must be kept up to date

If any data is wrong then it must be corrected

No hacking into people's computer for access

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No distributing viruses

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Challenges to the accuracy of personal data must be considered

Storage Limitation:

Data must not be kept up to date

How long data is must be justified and specified in a policy statement

Copy Right Designs and Patents Act

This protects the intellectual property of an individual or organisation.

Under this act it is illegal to copy, modify or distribute software without permission. This include video and audio.

Downloading copyright material for free with no consent of the author is illegal.

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Software Licences

Proprietary software is written to sell to consumer. The code is kept securely and versions of the software are distributed as executable programs.

Open source software are f