BTEC IT - Comp 3- Sharing Data

What do organisations do every day?

• Generate, store, and process large amounts of data

• Put all their data on line

• Put their data on a computer on the top floor of the building

• Stored data with the IT technician

2. Accessing shared data is known as

• Data exchange between services

• Cookies

• Transactional Data

• Location based data

3. What do many of us like to do when we get somewhere and what should we do when we do so?

• Check in at reception and take our luggage up stairs

• Check in on social media and think carefully about allowing technology to reveal where you are

• Go on facebook and look at what our friends are doing whilst thinking about where we are

• Go on Snapchat and make a video of where we are

What is used to track your location on your phone?

• GPS

• GPPS

• APS

• Camera

What is GPS used for by a business other than locating you?

• Pharming

• Tracking your run route

• Sending you adverts for events close to where you are and travel updates

• Sends you an email to try and get your details, Phising.

What is one of the most important aspects of GPS from a fraud point of view

• They can match your location to where your credit card is being used

• They can see your location and send you a phone call to check that it is is you who has mixed up your devices.

• The fraud company will prosecute credit card fraud

• The user of the card can see when the police are coming.

Data that is generated by one part of an organisation is often used by another part of the organisation.

• True

• False

Data that is generated by one part of an organisation is often not used by another part of the organisation.

• True

• False

An example of transactional data is

• GPS locating where you are

• Sales data might be analysed by manufacturing so they know how much to produce

• They can use cookies to tailor your web content

• It might get transformed into a different format- when data is exchanged.

What is a cookie?

• Small word file that keeps track of your GPS

• A virus that sits on your computer to keep a check on you

• Small text file saved o your system when you visit different websites.

• Malware