Moral, Ethical, Legal and Cultural Issues ( 2 ) Flashcards
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What is the freedom of information act?
The Freedom of Information Act extends the subject access rights of the Data Protection Act and gives general rights of access to information held by public authorities such as hospitals, doctors, dentists, the police, schools and colleges
what does the freedom of information act do?
The Act gives individuals access to both personal and non-personal data held by public authorities
What is data misuse defined as?
Using data for purposes other than for which it was collected.
Was was the computer misuse act introduced for?
Prevent data misuse.
What are the three offences in the computer misuse act?
- Unauthorised access to computer programs or data.
- Unauthorised access with further criminal intent, where there is clear intention to carry out a further criminal act such an act of fraud or a copyright breach.
- Unauthorised modification of computer material.
What is the regulation of investigatory powers act?
The RIP Act was introduced to clarify the powers that government agencies have when investigating crime or suspected crime
What does the RIP act allow?
- It gives the police and other law enforcement agencies the right to intercept communications where there is suspicion of criminal activity. They also have the right to decipher these data if they are encrypted, even if this means that the user must tell the police how to decrypt the data.
- It also allows employers to monitor the computer activity of their employees; for example, by monitoring their email traffic or tracking which websites they visit during the work time. This raises a number of issues relating to civil liberties
What is the purpose of the copyrights, designs and patents act?
The Act gives rights to the creators of certain kinds of material, allowing them control over the way in which the material is used. The law covers the copying, adapting and renting of materials.
What is copyright?
Legal ownership to application software, music, films and other content.
What are the two techniques used to protect copyright?
- Digital Rights Management ( DRM )
* Licensing
What are some examples of offences under the copyright, designs and patents act?
- It is illegal to produce pirated copies of software.
- Illegal to produce run more versions on a network than paid for
- Offence to adapt existing versions of software without permission
- Offence to download music or films without the permission of the copyright holder.
What is DRM?
Uses access control software to limit the way in which users can control, use, copy, print or edit digital content that they have bought.
What is licensing?
Provides users with a paper based or digital proof that they have purchased software legally, and details what they are allowed to do with software.
What materials are covered?
- original works including instruction
- manuals, computer programs and some
- types of databases
- web content
- original musical works
- sound recordings
- films and videos.
What is the official secrets act?
prevents the disclosure of government data relating to national security
What is the defamation act?
prevents people from making untrue statements about others which will lead to their reputation being damaged (also known as libel)
What is the obscene publications act and the protection of children act?
prevent people from disseminating pornographic or violent images
What are health and safety regulations?
provides regulation on the correct use of screens and is a specific addition to the Health and Safety at Work Act, which contains more general regulations on keeping employees safe
What is the equality act?
makes it illegal to discriminate against anyone on the groups of sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability or age
What is the digital economy act?
addresses media policy issues around digital media, especially copyright and use of domain names
What are cultural issues?
Cultural issues are all factors that influence the beliefs, attitudes and actions of people within society. Common cultural influences are family, the media, politics, economics and religion. These are cultural differences between different groups of people
What are some examples of elements of computer use that have had a cultural impact in that they can change our attitudes, beliefs and actions?
- over-use of data
- invasive technologies
- over-reliance on computers
- over-reliance on technology companies
- ‘big brother’ culture
- globalisation.
