BT-Ch3: The External Environment: Political and Legal Factors

When completing an application form to purchase financial services from a bank, you are requested to check/tick a box if you wish to receive details of other products sold by the bank and their associates.

Which principle of data protection does this example refer to?

• 1. Data should be accurate and kept up to date

• 1. Data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive

• 1. Personal data shall not be kept longer than necessary

• 1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully

Which of the following includes only valid examples of the seven rights of individuals regarding information that is stored about them?

• 1. Right to: take action to rectify, block, erase or destroy personal data; prevent processing for direct marketing; prevent decisions against an individual by purely automated means

• 1. Right to: receive notification each time data about them is amended; take action to destroy personal data; prevent processing for direct marketing; inspect data in situ in their home country

• 1. Right to: seek compensation; travel abroad to inspect personal data; inspect personal data in situ in their home country; take action to destroy personal data

• 1. Right to: destroy hardware holding personal data; inspect personal data where it is held in their home country; seek compensation; prevent processing for direct marketing

Government policies can have a long-term impact on an organisation

Which of the following policies would be likely to have an impact on a petrochemical company?

1. 1. Environmental policies

2. 2. Educational policies

3. 3. Defence policies

• 1. 1 only

• 1. 1 and 2

• 1. 1, 2 and 3

• 1. None of these policies would affect this type of company

The European Union, the World Trade Organisation and the International Court of Justice are all examples of what type of organisation?

• 1. Supra-national bodies

• 1. Cross-border international bodies

• 1. International law and regulation enforcement bodies

• 1. Delegated legislative bodies

Which of the following principles is usually recommended for inclusion in legislation on data protection?

• 1. The data user should provide the data subject with regular and detailed information on the data held

• 1. All personal data held by data users should be updated by checking this data with the subject at regular intervals

• 1. All personal data held by data users should be adequate for the purposes of the data user but not excessive

• 1. All personal data held by data users should be reviewed regularly and automatically deleted after a specified period of time

Which of the following includes four examples of the seven rights of individuals regarding information that is stored about them?

• 1. Right to: take action to rectify, block, erase or destroy personal data; prevent processing for direct marketing; prevent decisions against an individual by purely automated means

• 1. Right to: receive notification each time data about them is amended; take action to destroy personal data; prevent processing for direct marketing; inspect data in situ in the their home country

• 1. Right to: seek compensation; travel abroad to inspect personal data; inspect personal data in situ in their home country; take action to destroy personal data

• 1. Right to: destroy hardware holding personal data; inspect personal data where it is held in their home country; seek compensation; prevent processing for direct marketing

The European Union, the World Trade Organisation and the International Court of Justice are all examples of what type of organisation?

• 1. Supra-national bodies

• 1. Cross-border international bodies

• 1. International law and regulation enforcement bodies

• 1. Delegated legislative bodies

Which of the following types of new legislation would provide greater employment opportunities in large companies?

• 1. New laws on health and safety

• 1. New laws to prevent discrimination in the workplace

• 1. New laws making it more difficult to dismiss employees unfairly

• 1. New laws on higher compensation for employer breaches of employment contracts