Legal aspects of Computing

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What restrictions are there on companies collecting personal data?

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Open Ended

When collecting data on a user for swimming lessons would it be ok to collect data on political views? Explain your answer.

How can companies collect data from their customers?

How can companies collect data from their customers?

​Ask student

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How might a company collect data on its customers? Try to think of as many examples as possible.

• used for specified, explicit purposes

• used in a way that is relevant, and limited to only what is necessary

• accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date

• kept for no longer than is necessary

• handled in a way that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unlawful or unauthorised processing, access, loss, destruction, or damage

• ​used fairly, lawfully, and transparently

​Six principles

​Whiteboard up. Give examples of each

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​What are the legal reasons for processing data?

​Ask student

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As part of lawful processing of data consent must be given to use that data but for what purposes can data be collected? Explain as many uses as possible.

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​What are the legal reasons for processing data?

​Ask student

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As part of lawful processing of data consent must be given to use that data but for what purposes can data be collected? Explain as many uses as possible.

Whiteboard mind map of data protection

To cover:
-Reasons can data can be collected/processed (6)
-Restrictions on the collecting data (3)
-Methods of collecting data (at least 3)

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​Data Storage

The Data protection acts puts some legal responsibilities on data holders...as in you must ensure data is kept stored in certain ways or you could be prosecuted.

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A (physical) book lending site stores your name, address and age. Is this appropriate data to store? What must they do at least every year and why?

​It is appropriate (e.g. age suitable books). They must update your age every year to keep it accurate.

​Data must be kept secure....

How can/should data be secured?

​Ask student

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Your stored data should only available to you; how could a website ensure that only you can access it?

Describe a right you are given by the data protection act about access to your data

​Ask student

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Can banks charge you for copies of your bank statements?

​Whiteboard up

a) ​Methods of securing data to comply with Data Protections act (2018)

​b) Rights the 2018 data protection gives you in relations to accessing your data

​What is a cookie?

​A file stored on your computer. Normally a text file.
As these can contain personal information about you...they are covered by the Data Protection Act...so companies must get consent to store the data.

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Why do web sites allows ask you if they can store cookies?

Cookies are files that can contain personal information about you...they are covered by the Data Protection Act...so companies must get consent to store the data.

​You are allowed to change you mind after you have agreed to share your data. Explain some ways this would happen/work?

​Ask student

You must be able to contact the website e.g. email their customer services and request that you can
a) Look at any data they have stored
b) Make them change any inaccurate data.
c) Delete any data they have -> and no longer be a member e.g. cancel being in facebook and they must delete any data they have.

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You are allowed to change you mind after you have agreed to share your data. Explain some ways this would happen/work?

You must be able to contact the website e.g. email their customer services and request that you can
a) Look at any data they have stored
b) Make them change any inaccurate data.
c) Delete any data they have -> and no longer be a member e.g. cancel being in facebook and they must delete any data they have.

Open Ended

Try to find out what the largest data protection fine has been in the UK

​British Airways - £20m (2020) GDPR breaches - Article 5(1), 32. .

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What penalties can occur for rule breaches?

If Data Breaches occur the organisation must inform the data commissioner (the goverment) within 72 hours

Open Ended

•How does a social media site know personal information about their users that they can target specific people with advertising messages?

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List at least 3 rights you given as part of the data protection act.

​2. Explain three ways that the Data Protection Act (2018) helps to keep personal data safe. [6] Marks

​From homework sheet

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Open Ended

•Come up with a list of modifications that you think would be considered criminal under the computer misuse act

​Mind map computer misuse act

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•What is intellectual property?

•What is the difference between copyrights and patents?

a) In terms of the intellectual property they protect.

b) In terms of how you obtain the protection to your intellectual property.

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•Inventions are covered by patents

•How long do patents last?

•Copyright protects books, video, music and software

•How long does copyright protect the author from others copying/modifying/making financial gain from their work?

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Copyrighted materials and patents are protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988)

•Why do you think that copyright lasts longer than patents?

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•How could you make it harder to copy software?

​Mind map Copyright and patents act.

What is covered/How long

Differences between patents an copyright.​

​Open source software licences still have restrictions and people could still be sued for breech of these...

For example some open source licences state credit must be given to author

or that no one can sell a product with this source code...​and many more...(https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/5-types-of-software-licenses-you-need-to-understand/)

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​Mind map Proprietary/Open source

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Create quizlet pairs on different

Data Protection/Computer Misuse/Copyrights and Patent Acts.​

At least 8 on Data Protection, 5 on other 2 Acts​

​Then quizlet pairs on Propietary vs Open source

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