Examples: It is important that Spanners ‘R’ Us keep both staff and customers information secure. This would prevent any data from going missing or even misused. Also staff must remember to not access any websites which may need you to input personal data. Because if they use the computers to access this sort of information, the business might have a key logger which will record the keystrokes e.g. even usernames and passwords that might be used on these websites.
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988):
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), also known as the CDPA, is an of the which received on 15 November 1988. It reformulates almost completely the statutory basis of (including ) in the , which had, until then, been governed by the (c. 74). It also creates an unregistered , and contains a number of modifications to the law of the United Kingdom on and .
Principle of the Act:
Copyright gives the creator of the product / media to have rights on what they have created. The copyright law stops anyone from publishing the product as a copied version, for example: an album would have a copyright law so it is not copied and sold on as in this case the person who is selling a copy of the original product is getting the money and not the artist of the song. If, however, you were caught selling songs or movies you could face a jail sentence as it is breaking the copyright legislation. Spanners ‘R’ us will be keen that it’s marketing of its brand (including images, format and style of company documents) are kept in their own keeping and control. Website content and products will need to be protected too. A lot of organisations will have to purchase many different types of license agreements for the software that they use:
Concurrent: This license can be installed on multiple computer operating systems although it can only be used at one time.
Corporate: This license would be used for a whole organisation. (All computer operating systems)
Freeware: This license allows the user to install the software on all computer systems as it comes pre-activated from the supplier and there is no cost.
Individual: This license restricts the software to be installed onto only one computer operating system as it gives you one license key and the same license key cannot be used again.
Site/campus: This license allows the software be installed on every computer within that organisation (a school, work place)
Shareware: This license is just like freeware but you would be expected to pay a fee for the product to the creator.
Open source: This license allows the user of the software to edit or tweak the software as well as suggest improvements (beta software’s)
Educational: This license would be provided with a discount as the software would be used for educational purposes.
Students: This license would only be provided to students. (Microsoft office 2011)
Freedom of information act (2000):
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is an of the parliament that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities. It is the implementation of in the on a national level. http://goo.gl/3Dpe3
Principle of the Act: Staff at Spanners ‘R’ us cannot be asking about the customer’s medical history as not only is this information confidential but also is irrelevant when purchasing a computer system or any other electrical product. Customers of Spanners ‘R’ us can’t ask for information on staff as to where they live or what their contact details are, however they may ask when that particular member of staff’s working hours are.
