Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Concerns
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- Created on: 11-01-19 09:33
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- Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Concerns
- Ethics
- Ethics - A set or moral principles created by society
- Ethics - An opinion on what is right and wrong.
- Legislation legally dictates what is right and wrong.
- Legislation - A collection of rules and laws, where people can be punished through sanctions
- Sanction - A punishment, or action, for breaking a specific rule or law
- Definitions
- Legislation legally dictates what is right and wrong.
- Sanction - A punishment, or action, for breaking a specific rule or law
- Software
- Open-Source Softare
- Open-Source - Code for the software is made freely available and can be freely modified
- This software is free to modify, and so some users may look to develop the software for their own needs. Upgrading it for everyone else if testing is successful
- Proprietary Software
- Proprietary - Software that is owned by a company or individual that is not free to be modified
- Compiled Code - The executable program code that is created from compiling the source code
- Software made only of compiled code. To use the software you'd usually have to pay a fee. normally not allowed to modify, copy or redistribute software. Meaning the user can't fit it perfectly for their use.
- Proprietary - Software that is owned by a company or individual that is not free to be modified
- Open-Source Softare
- Legislation
- Definitions
- Data Protection Act 1998
- The Data Protection Act governs the personal data held by an organisation
- The eight main principles to follow
- 1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully
- 2. Personal data shall only be obtained for lawful purpose and not used for any other purpose than the one it was attained for
- 3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the purpose it is required for
- 4. Personal data shall be accurate and kept up to date
- 5. Personal data shall not be kept for longer than the purpose required for
- 6. Personal data shall be processed in accordance with an individual's rights under the act
- 7. Personal data must be kept safe and secures at all times, and protected against accidental loss, damage and destruction.
- 8. Personal data shall not be transferred to a country outside the European Economic Area, unless the country has adequate levels of protection in place
- 7. Personal data must be kept safe and secures at all times, and protected against accidental loss, damage and destruction.
- 6. Personal data shall be processed in accordance with an individual's rights under the act
- 5. Personal data shall not be kept for longer than the purpose required for
- 4. Personal data shall be accurate and kept up to date
- 3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the purpose it is required for
- 2. Personal data shall only be obtained for lawful purpose and not used for any other purpose than the one it was attained for
- 1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully
- The eight main principles to follow
- The Data Protection Act governs the personal data held by an organisation
- Computer Misuse Act 1990
- The Computer Misuse Act protects personal data held by organisations from hackers
- Prevents unauthorised access to computer terminals and it materials.
- Prevents unauthorised modification of data. editing, deleting, or downloading cannot happen unless uauthorised
- Prevents unauthorised access to computer terminals and it materials.
- The Computer Misuse Act protects personal data held by organisations from hackers
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- This act protects intellectual property. This refers to anything an individual or organisation has created.
- It is illegal to:
- Share any work that has copyright without the owners permission
- Plagiarise the work of anouther that has copyright
- Interllectual Property - A Persons property that is the result of their creativity
- It is illegal to:
- This act protects intellectual property. This refers to anything an individual or organisation has created.
- Freedom of Information Act
- This act allows the public to access information about a public organisation, including the activities they partake in
- The act covers information that the organisation stores, emails and any hard copies of documents.
- The act defines public organisations as school, universities, governmental departments, the Houses of Parliament, local councils, the police, the National Health Service and the police.
- The act covers information that the organisation stores, emails and any hard copies of documents.
- This act allows the public to access information about a public organisation, including the activities they partake in
- Definitions
- Privacy Issues
- many people put personal things on the internet. Which is fine but it's very hard to keep things private on the internet
- (Mostly using social media profiles)
- Although most website have privacy policies when you sign up. many people do not read the policies and do not know what could be done with their data
- A company may have a policy that gives it the right to :
- 1.Sell your personal data
- 2. Make any of your photographs and details public
- 3. Disclose your internet surfing and buying habits for targeted advertising
- 4. Retain any of your data posted, including images and videos, even after you delete them from your account
- 3. Disclose your internet surfing and buying habits for targeted advertising
- 2. Make any of your photographs and details public
- 1.Sell your personal data
- A company may have a policy that gives it the right to :
- many people put personal things on the internet. Which is fine but it's very hard to keep things private on the internet
- Ethics
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