EH - Legislation 1 - DPA vs GDPR

Which of the following pieces of legislation is concerned with data protection?

• Investigatory Powers Act

• Data Protection Act

• Computer Misuse Act

• Intellectual Property Act

What is the focus of the legislation covered in this unit?

• Environmental protection

• Ethical Hacking and the use of computers

• Health and safety regulations

• Financial regulations

Which act is related to the misuse of computers?

• General Data Protection Regulation

• Computer Misuse Act

• Copyright, Design and Patents Act

• Police and Justice Act

What was the purpose of the 1998 Data Protection Act?

• To control the way information was handled and to give legal rights to people with stored information.

• To increase taxes on data storage.

• To promote the use of digital data.

• To ban the use of personal data in businesses.

Who is the person with powers to enforce the Data Protection Act?

• Information commissioner

• Data subject

• Data analyst

• Data processor

What is the role of a data controller?

• To collect and keep data about people.

• To enforce the Data Protection Act.

• To analyze data trends.

• To delete unnecessary data.

Who is considered a data subject?

• Someone who has data about them stored somewhere, outside of their direct control.

• Someone who enforces data laws.

• Someone who collects data.

• Someone who processes data.

What is the right of subject access?

• The right to prevent distress

• The right to correct data

• The right to be supplied with personal data held about them

• The right to compensation

Which right allows a data subject to correct any mistakes in the data held about them?

• A right of subject access

• A right of correction

• A right to prevent automatic decisions

• A right to compensation

What does the right to prevent distress allow a data subject to do?

• Prevent the use of information likely to cause distress

• Correct mistakes in their data

• Access personal data held about them

• Receive compensation for data loss