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This was passed to deal with problems relating to hacking, viruses and fraud.
Hacking is where an unauthorised person uses a network, Internet or modem connection to gain access past security passwords or other security to see data stored on another computer. Hackers sometimes use software hacking tools and often target, for example, particular sites on the Internet.
Viruses are relatively simple programs written by people and designed to cause nuisance or damage to computers or their files.
This topic includes misuse of stolen or fictional credit card numbers to obtain goods or services on the Internet, and use of computers in financial frauds. These can range from complex well thought out deceptions to simple uses such as printing counterfeit money with colour printers.
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.
1. It must be collected and used fairly and inside the law.
2. It must only be held and used for the reasons given to the Information Commissioner.
3. It can only be used for those registered purposes and only be disclosed to those people mentioned in the register entry. You cannot give it away or sell it unless you said you would to begin with.
4. The information held must be adequate, relevant and not excessive when compared with the purpose stated. So you must have enough detail but not too much for the job that you are doing with the data.
5. It must be accurate and be kept up to date.
6. It must not be kept longer than is necessary for the registered purpose. It is alright to keep information for certain lengths of time but not indefinitely.
7. The information must be kept safe and secure. This includes keeping the information backed up and away from any unauthorised access.
8. The files may not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area unless the country that the data is being sent to has a suitable data protection law.
There are some complete exemptions and some partial exemptions where personal data is not covered by the 1998 Act. These mean that the people storing data do not need to keep to the rules.
Any personal data that is held for a national security reason is not covered.
Personal data held for domestic purposes only at home, eg a list of your friends' names, birthdays and addresses does not have to keep to the rules.
Anything to do with crime and taxation is also niot covered by this act.
There are some complete exemptio...
Data subject: Someone who has data about them stored somewhere, outside of their direct control.
Data Subject rights: The rights that relate to individualsl.
Data controllers: A person or company that collects and keeps data about people.
Information commissioner: The person who has powers to enforce the Act.
Data subject: Someone who has data about th...
It gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used. The rights cover: Broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public. In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author and to object to distortions of his work.
It gives the creators of literary, dramat...
A Creative Commons license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that he or she has created. Creative Commons provides an author flexibility and protects the people who use or redistribute an author's work from concerns of copyright infringement as long as they abide by the conditions that are specified in the license by which the author distributes the work.
A Creative Commons license is one ...
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities. It is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in the United Kingdom on a national level.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is an Act of Parliame...