What is the purpose of the Data Protection Act?
Data Protection. 998 Data Protection Act replaces the 1984 Act and can deal with some of the things that weren't around when the older act was in place. It covers the Internet, loyalty cards and the customer databases for marketing purposes. . What is the purpose of the Data Protection Act? The Personal Information Protection Act replaces the existing Data Protection Act and provides general statutory rules to protect people's privacy. The Act regulates all kinds of treatment of personal information, such as collecting, storing, saving, comparing, linking, consulting and providing personal information to a third party. An important objective of the Act is to enable people to know which data concerning them have been processed for which purpose and to give them the opportunity to lodge a complaint. That does not mean that types of processing information are prohibited, but they may be subjected to certain conditions. Simple files will continue to be exempted, just as the data processing for private or domestic use. 2. Summarise the eight principles of the Act The eight principals of the data protection act are: . Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully 2. Personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes. 3. Personal data
Planning and Deadlines
.1 PLANNING AND DEADLINES Purpose of planning For an information technology project to go smoothly, it must be planned well. Without such planning the project might not be completed in the time available or it might be over budget. To be able to plan a project successfully, it is necessary to break it down into a series of smaller tasks and determine the order of which these smaller tasks need to be done. The time and resources needed for each of these smaller tasks also need to be estimated. The tasks then need to be divided among the other team members. Deadlines A deadline is a date set by the senior management of a company, by which the project should be completed or reach a certain predetermined milestone. The milestones or mileposts mark the end of logical stages in the project, and their main purpose is to establish whether the project is on time or not. In business deadlines are very important and everyone involved in the project needs to be constantly aware of them. Planning activities should be centred on achieving the preset deadlines. .2 Consistent layout, spaces, tabs and indents Consistent layout and spacing It is possible to alter the way a document looks by formatting all or part of it. Most documents are typed with single spacing, which has no blank lines between the lines of typed texts. Double spacing is often used if a document needs to be sent
The Legislation Protecting Individuals and Groups from the Misuse of ICT
Unit 3(e)- The Legislation Protecting Individuals and Groups from the Misuse of ICT The Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - The Impact of ICT on a Local Community The law affects people in the community of Leek and affects their use of ICT in a variety of ways. The main piece of legislation that affects the community's use of ICT is the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This piece of legislation makes information held on a particular individual available to that individual. This is primarily because people want to know that the information kept on them is correct and up to date. The Act gives people the right to request information from an organization within Leek and throughout the country for example The Moorlands Hospital or Leek High School have data stored on individuals in society who have a right to view this information. A large advantage of the legislation is that the legislation is intended to promote a culture of openness and accountability amongst public sector bodies. It will therefore facilitate better public understanding of how public authorities carry out their duties, why they make the decisions they do, and how they spend public money, but a major disadvantage of the act Is that it stops businesses finding out information which could be possibly relevant to the business. The act also has financial implications on a corporation in the community as they
Ict and the law
ICT and the Law In this piece of coursework I will be talking about various laws and how they affect myself, Mr James (An Adult with a disability) and Mr Hulse (An adult in employment. There are 4 laws I will be concentrating on: * The DPA * Health and Safety * The CMA * The Copyright, Design and Patents Act DPA (1998) The DPA (Data Protection Act) is a law which enforces how data is collected and stored. It stops it from being misused and transported to countries who do not have similar protection of data. For instance, if a school had the personal data of a student and sold it to someone or gave it away, or pinned it up on a notice board or a wall somewhere, they would be prosecuted by the DPA for misuse of data. The DPA ensures all personal information digitally stored is not used in any other way than necessary, and are not viewed and changed when there is no need to. How would you feel if you applied for a job and someone had changed your GCSE results to a very poor standard, making it near impossible to get the job, or if someone had made all the results really good, you would be given a position and expected to do more work than you can possibly accomplish. What if someone had added one or more offences to your criminal record? This is why the DPA exists. This law covers both digital and written information which is covered from the moment it is created until
ICT - Data Protection
DATA PROTECTION The Data Protection Act (DPA) is a law designed to protect personal data stored on computers. The 1998 Data Protection Act was passed by Parliament to control the way information is handled and to give legal rights to people who have information stored about them. The power of the computer During the second half of the 20th century computers were getting more powerful and easy to use. Companies, government and other organisations began to use them to store large amounts of information about people, such as their customers, clients and staff. Databases with this information can be quickly set up, searched, edited and accessed and take up less space than paper records. Personal data on computer Instead of paper records, computers were also being used routinely to keep personal data about people. This information included:- * names * addresses * financial information * medical records * criminal records * employment history For example, being a member of a sports club would mean that your name, age, medical details and payment record would be stored on a computer file. Ease of access to the information The information stored could be far more easily and flexibly used than if it was stored on paper. For example, a database could be searched to find all customers living in a particular area, to target them for "special offer" advertising.
E-commerce - the legal considerations
E-commerce - the legal considerations There are lots of legal considerations and I've tried to include some of the main ones. Although e-commerce can mean a lot of things, here I've related it to actually selling items on a website (although a lot of the legal considerations would need to be considered even if you were not selling on the web. Data protection considerations The Data Protection Act lays down lots of rules that must be adhered to. If this is a website for a company that is already trading and keeps customer data then they should already be registered with the Information Commissioner but you may need to review what's been registered. The main points you need to consider is that for any data you collect on the site you must: * Deal fairly with the info * Tell the customer what data you collect * Tell them what you are going to do with it * Keep it safe and secure This should be set out in the website's terms and conditions (and you should link to it at the main point where you collect the data) Website terms and conditions The site must have comprehensive terms and conditions and you will need to link to these wherever applicable (eg if you are selling there should be a check box that the consumer ticks to say "I have read the terms and conditions etc etc". Things the terms and conditions should contain include: * Data protection act considerations (as
ICT in Business and Commerce
ICT -1) ICT in Business and Commerce - ICT in banking * The banking sector relies heavily on ICT For: • Telephone banking • Internet banking • ATMs • Credit/Debit cards • MICR • Direct debit • Smartcards Shopping on the Internet (E-Commerce) Advantages to the business: * Open 24/7 * By asking customers to "register", businesses can build up databases/customer profiles * People can shop without leaving home * People can search massive online databases to find exactly what they want (see the case study below) A site such as Amazon has reviews of books, CDs and video games. You can read what other people thought of the product before you buy. Amazon allows customers to listen to a sample of each track on the CD before they decide to buy Businesses have fewer overheads and these savings should be passed on to the customer. Drawbacks of Online Commerce: * Some people actually enjoy going out shopping * Security concerns (credit card fraud, bogus companies etc.) * Waiting for goods to arrive (or the wrong goods arriving) * Technological Underclass (the poorest people in society have the least access to the new technology) * Who do you complain to if you don't get good service? * Customers can't touch, feel or taste goods before they buy them * Postage and packing has to be added to the cost of goods that you buy Business to Business One
Managing Research and Information: Data Protection Act
Managing Research and Information First Name: Hanjuan (Vicky) Surname: Deng Title: Data Protection Act The Data Protection Act (DPA) exists to ensure that information relating to people that is stored in computer databases (e.g. PMR systems) or written records (e.g. physical or mental health or condition )is confidential. The 8 Data Protection principles Anyone processing personal data must comply with the eight enforceable principles of good practice. These state that data must be: I. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully, unless it shall not be processed. For example, the company has got the right to take their details about their date of birth or their credit card number if customers want to book holiday in an agency. It is fairly to exchange the data. Furthermore, their privacy details are protected by the law. Also the company must keep them securely. 2. Personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with those purposes. 3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed. For instance, we are doing special offer for the customers who have got best payment records, so we only need to put relevant details about theirs address, telephone number, e-mail address, and good
Data Protection Issues – Compliance Within Computing Organisations, The Causes, Effects and Consequences.
Project and Professional Studies Unit Data Protection Issues - Compliance Within Computing Organisations, The Causes, Effects and Consequences. Page . Introduction to the data protection bill 1998 2 .1 The Eight Principles of The Data Protection Act 2 i. Fairly and lawfully processed 2 ii. Processed for one or more limited lawful purposes 2 iii. Adequate, relevant and not excessive 2 iv. Accurate and valid and where necessary kept up to date 3 v. Personal data processed for any purpose shall not be kept longer than deemed necessary 3 vi. Processed in accordance with the data subject's rights under this Act 3 vii. Securely protected by appropriate technical and organisational measures 3 viii. Personal data will not be transferred to Countries without adequate protection 3 2. Registration For Data Protection Act 4 3. Exclusions and Exceptions 4 4. Typical Example Of Active Data Protection Environments 5 Employer/Employee Relationships 5. Enforcement Of Data Protection 5 6. Implications For System Designers 6 Protection from potential dangers 7. Implications For Customers 8 The Fear Off Online Transactions 8. Summary 9 APPENDIX THE PROBLEMS WITH DATA PROTECTION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY EXAMPLE 1 - Marks and Spencers deny security threat. 10 EXAMPLE 2 -
The purpose of legislation is to control and regulate the use of ICT
Legislation of ICT The purpose of legislation is to control and regulate the use of ICT. Different acts in result in different benefits to the end user or other people affected by the technology. Use of computer systems can be intrusive and can lead to the loss of privacy to the individual. I will show below how legislation can protect against this intrusion. There many other problems and opportunities that are presented by the use of ICT. Legislation protects people and ensures that there is no abuse by others to those investing in the technology. -Data protection act in 1998 - The Data Protection Act now covers certain types of manual records (like health records) as well as electronic records. -The Data Protection Act that was made in 1998 -Basically the data protection act is so that the wrong people don't get hold of your work that you do not want them to see. -Computer misuse act in 1990 The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is there to stop the problem of people hacking into computer systems. In the early days of hacking the problem wasn't taken very seriously, people were just mucking around, rather than as something, which could cause serious loss or problems to companies, organisations and others. With new things in technologies the issue has become more serious and legislation was introduced stop these three things: . Unauthorised access to computer material.