-Duration of copyright
-Health and safety at work act in 1974
This Act provides that every employer must conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not exposed to risks to their health or safety.
-Health and safety regulations in 1992
The main provisions require employers to provide:
- Good lighting, heating, ventilation and workspace, to be kept in a clean condition.
- Staff facilities: toilets washing and refreshment.
- Safe passageways, e.g. preventing slipping and tripping hazards
-The Internet code of practise
People have invented this so then people can use codes on their Internet so then other people cannot hack into their system via the Internet. This is very useful to businessmen and companies that have personal and private files that they want to hide from other people that are trying to hack into their system, and are trying to find out important things, or are just trying to be annoying!
-Regulation of investigatory powers in 2000
There are a lot of drawbacks of ICT. The drawbacks of ICT are as follows:
Firstly there is International fraud
Secondly there is Misuse of personal information
Then last but not least spam, which is junk mail
These are all illegal offences but cannot be stopped by these people who are making a nuisance and money out of this. Most of them think that it is a laugh and a joke but they don’t realise how serious it really is. For example, this person who will stay anonymous, but he lived in Wales, but he was all over the news a couple of years ago. Well anyway he sent lots of junk mail to people and has hacked a lot of people’s computers and has got a jail sentence for 5 years.
-Copyright and other intellectual property
The Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 are applicable to various types of creations, including databases, text, graphics and sounds by an author or an artist. Any uploading or downloading of information through on-line technologies which is not authorised by the copyright owner or any substantive extraction of information from a database that is not authorised by the database owner will be deemed to be an infringement of the owner of the databases’ rights. The application of the 1988 Act to electronic copying is even stricter than its application to photocopying, since the fair dealing arrangements that usually apply to libraries do not exist for computerised materials.
-Data Protection and Freedom of Information
The Data Protection Act 1998 concerns the processing of information about living individuals. It gives rights to those individuals about whom information is recorded and demands good practice in handling information about people. Subject to a number of exceptions, every person or organisation holding personal data must notify the Office of the Information Commissioner. In addition, users should be aware that emails and other documents created on the Internet might in due course be subject to the requirements to disclose material under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
-Official Secrets Acts in 1911-1989
The Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 establish severe criminal penalties for any person who discloses any material which relates to security, intelligence, defence or international relations and which has come into that person's possession through an unauthorised disclosure by a Crown Servant or Government contractor. They also cover material, which has been legitimately disclosed by a Crown Servant or Government contractor on terms requiring it to be kept confidential or in circumstances in which it might be treated as confidential.
-Defamation
Defamation consists of the publication of opinions and untrue statements that adversely affect the reputation of a person or a group of persons. If such a statement is published in a permanent form, as is the case with statements published on the Internet, including messages transmitted by e-mail, an action for libel may be brought against those responsible.
-Discrimination
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 are guided by the principle of prevention of unfair discrimination on the grounds of sex, including discrimination against persons who have undergone gender reassignment, race or disability. The Acts make unfair discrimination a civil offence, and in certain other circumstances the law is supported by criminal sanctions. It is also a criminal offence to incite racial hatred under the Public Order Act 1986. Harassment of a person is an offence under the Protection from Harassment Act that was decided in 1997 and the Crime and Disorder Act in 1998.
-Criminal Law
If you want to commit a crime it is a criminal offence in itself to think like that, whether a crime has actually been committed or not. This includes the provision of information via computerised services, which facilitates any of the activities that this code has highlighted as criminal offences.
-Terrorism Act in 2000
An attack on any electronic systems can be classed as an act of terrorism as well as a criminal office. What constitutes an attack within the scope of the Act includes hacking Webster or blocking Webster, with a political agenda or public intimidation in mind.
-International Law and the Internet
There is no international convention on Internet regulation; caution is necessary in considering what law may be applicable. As a basic rule, computing services must note that although certain materials may be considered legal in their places of origin, which does not prevent the application of UK law if those materials are considered to be illegal under the law in this country. Similarly, material transmitted in the world today may be subject to the laws of whichever country it is viewed in.
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