Moral, Ethical, Legal and Cultural Issues ( 1 ) Flashcards
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What is a moral issue?
• One which concerns our own individual behaviour and our own personal concept of right and wrong.
What are Ethics?
Set of moral values or principles that people within society live by.
What are some issues related to the collection of personal data?
- Personal Privacy
- Data security
- Misuse of data
- Big brother
- Online Profile
- Profiling
What personal privacy issues are faced?
A large amount of data is collected, individuals may not have explicitly consented to this collection of data
What data security issues are faced?
Much of the data is stored on networks connected to the internet, there are concerns about the safety of this data, and protection from unauthorised access.
What “big brother” issues are faced?
• Many people have concerns are using personal data to monitor individuals and is a breach of human rights.
What online profile issues are faced?
Data collected may build up to contribute to a profile of what people know about you
What profiling issues are faced?
Large organisations often accumulate data in order to build up a profile of individuals.
What are examples of moral and social ( ethical ) issues relating to computer science?
- Unauthorised access
- Unauthorised use of software
- Inappropriate content
- Freedom of speech
- Unemployment
- Access to the internet
What is personal data?
Data which can be related to an identifiable living person.
What is unauthorised access?
Where computer systems or data are used by people who are not the intended users.
What is a code of conduct?
Voluntary set of rules that define the way in which individuals and organisations will behave.
What are the main principles of the BCS?
- Always operate in public interest
- Have a duty to the organisation that they work for, or college they attend.
- Have a duty to the profession
- Maintain professional competence and integerity
What are legal issues?
Issues that relate to those issues where a law has been passed by the government.
What are the main acts relevant to computing?
- Data protection Act
- Computer Misuse Act
- Freedom of Information Act
- Copyright, Designs and Patent Act
- Regulation of investigatory powers act.
What are the two main issues surrounding enforcing computer laws?
- Geographical Limitations
* Constant Change
How do geographical limitations affect computing laws?
- UK laws only apply to the UK, with the global nature of the internet it can be difficult to prove where a particular offence took place.
- It can be difficult to prosecute foreign perpetrators breaking UK law, as different countries have different laws, and therefore there is no universal way of regulating the computer industry or internet.
How does constant change affect computing laws?
• Many acts are introduced in response to current events, as technology develops so rapidly, laws often become out of date quickly.
What is the main aim of the data protection act?
- Any person or organisation storing personal data must register with the Information Commissioner
- Places controls on organisations and individuals that store personal data electronically.
What are the eight principles of the data protection act?
Data must be:
• fairly and lawfully processed
• processed for limited purposes
• adequate, relevant and not excessive
• accurate
• not kept longer than necessary
• processed in accordance with the data subject’s rights
• secure
• not transferred to countries without adequate data protection.
Data subjects have the right to know what data are stored about them by any particular individual or organisation ( subject access rights ).
