The law is not working well because half of UK businesses are breaking the new Data Protection Act. According to new research 45% of companies are still using live data in testing. Also 76% of study’s respondents admitted their Human Resources department had not yet approached them in relation to the testing of their systems for compliance with the new DPA. This affects my working adults life because he has a record of the people’s personal data and he has to make sure he doesn’t give the data to anyone.
The Computer Misuse Act (1990)
An Act to make provision for securing computer material against unauthorised access or modification; and for connected purposes.
The three offences covered by the Act are:
- Unauthorised access to computer material
- Unauthorised access with an intent to commit or facilitate commission of further commission
- Unauthorised of computer material
The schools policy on wilful damage to computers, e.g. deliberately spreading a virus will then cause the police to be contacted, letters sent home and parents called in.
SCOT HELD IN US HACKING PROBE
Police and the US Secret Service into computer hacking arrested a SCOT yesterday after an investigation. The man was detained and computer equipment seized in a raid at two addresses in the northeast of Scotland.
Police said the27-year-old man, of Elgin, Moray, would appear at the town's sheriff court on Monday.
They said the arrest came amid an investigation into an attempt to extort a 'significant quantity of money' from companies around the world.
US Secret Service agents are to question the man as part of the joint inquiry, known as Operation Casper, along with their Scottish counterparts.
The investigation involved denial-of-service attacks, which are an attempt to bring a computer network to it knees by flooding it with useless traffic.
The High Tech Crime Unit of the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency (SDEA), which deals with serious crime, spearheaded the probe in Scotland.
Detective Chief Super-intendent Stephen Ward, of the SDEA, said: 'Operation Casper has involved us working closely with the US Secret Service.
'It is an excellent example of how law enforcement agencies, working together, can impact on internet- related crime.'
In denial-of-service attacks, hackers can send emails containing a virus that, once opened, allows the sender to control the recipient's computer.
The hacker to launch attacks on other computers to extort cash from firms then uses the infected computer, known as a zombie.
The 27-year-old has been charged with a number of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
This law works well because this stops viruses being spread deliberately and damaging the computers.
This law applies to my working adult because he uses the computer often and so he must make sure he doesn’t misuse it.
Copyright, Design and Patents Act (1989)
This law needs to exist because it stops people from copying other people. It stops them from taking other peoples design. This law provides legal protection for many public things and without this there will be a lot of counterfeiting.
My working adults life is affected by this by him making sure all the information he has on his website is not copyright and to make sure he hasn’t copied anyone else’s design.
Yes I have breached this act in some way.
There are some problems with enforcing this act because not many people will know about the law and they may not know which information is copyrightable.
This law does not work well because you may not be aware who’s taking your information therefore they will not be prosecuted.
This law applies to me because I have to make sure the things I get are not copyright and also I have to make sure I do not take other peoples design.
Health And Safety At Work Act (1974)
An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations.
This affects my working adults life because he is self-employed and therefore he is responsible for he’s own welfare.
Inspectors go round the workplace making sure the law is compiled with.
This law works well because it stops people getting hurt at the workplace and helps the workers feel safe in the working environment.
Results from the latest survey of self-reported work-related illness (SWI03/04) indicate that in 2003/04 an estimated prevalence of 1 108 000 people in Great Britain suffered from a musculoskeletal disorder which, in their opinion, was caused or made worse by their current or past work. This equates to 2600 per 100 000 people (2.6%) who have ever worked in Great Britain.
For people who worked in the previous 12 months in England and Wales, comparisons between the five SWI surveys based on a restricted coverage indicate that the estimated prevalence rate in 2003/04 was similar to that in 2001/02, but higher than in 1998/99 and lower than in 1990 and 1995. All these differences were statistically significant.
SWI03/04 estimated that 18% of sufferers, 204 000 people ever employed, first became aware of their work-related musculoskeletal disorder in the previous 12 months. In terms of people employed in the last 12 months, this equates to an estimated incidence rate of 640 per 100 000 (0.64%).
It is too soon to judge whether this change reflects any real decline in the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders. SWI03/04 estimated that 11.8 million working days (full-day equivalent) were lost in 2003/04 through musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work. On average, each person suffering took an estimated 19.4 days off in that 12 month period. This equates to an annual loss of 52 000 days per 100000workers.
This law applies to my working adult because he has to make sure his workplace is safe.
Health And Safety Regulations (1992)
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, came into force on 1 January 1993. This circular highlights the key issues for inspection and enforcement by local authority enforcement officers. Standards for compliance are set out in the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance entitled Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare.
These regulations are needed so people are aware of what they have to do to keep the workplace safe.
The inspectors make sure that the law is enforced and if they fully understand the law.
These regulations are effective because it makes the employees aware of what they have to do to keep the workplace safe.
This act effects my working adults life because they have to make sure their environment is safe and if it is not then they risk theirs and others healths.
Regulations of Investogary Powers Act (2000)
This act is about defining the powers the government and its security, intelligence and communications bodies will have to snoop on electronic communications and data.
This act might affect my working adults using e-mail at work because the government processes all the e-mail he sends.
This act is a good thing and a bad thing because it helps the government have the legal power to read all electrical communications that the public makes and gives him the off chance of catching people committing crimes, however he gets to read all the personal messages sent by the public.
This law does not work very well because people still send junk and abusive e-mail.
This law applies to me because I send e-mails and I have to make sure it’s not abusive and junk because I know it is going to be processed.
