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AS IT INFO 2 - Acts
- Copyright, Designs & Patents Act
- Established 1988
- 'Makes it illegal to copy or distribute software without
permission or a licence'
- Covers music, literature and software
- Established 1988
- Data Protection Act
- Purposes
- Requires People who use Personal Data to be
Honest and Upfront about its use.
- Gives Individuals Certain Statutory Rights
- Requires People who use Personal Data to be
Honest and Upfront about its use.
- Created in 1984, revised in 1998
- Provides legal rights for computer users
- Purposes
- Freedom of Information Act
- Concerns itself with
information needed by the
public authority
- Includes:
- How public authorities carry out their
duties
- How public authorities make their decisions
- How public authorities spend
public money
- How public authorities carry out their
duties
- Exemptions:
- Where information could jeopardise
the prevention/ detection of a crime
- Where the cost of collecting information exceeds a reasonable limit
- Where information could jeopardise
the prevention/ detection of a crime
- Made in 2000
- Concerns itself with
information needed by the
public authority
- Computer Misuse Act
- Introduced 1990
- Examples of crimes
- Unauthorised access to
computer programs or data
- Up to a six month penalty
and/or a fine
- Guessing someone's password then looking
at the system to see what data it contains
- Up to a six month penalty
and/or a fine
- Unauthorised access with further
criminal intent
- Up to a five year penalty
and/ or a fine
- Guessing passwords to bank accounts and using that
to access sensitive data without the subject's
permission with the intention of committing fraud
- Up to a five year penalty
and/ or a fine
- Unauthorised modification
of computer material
- Carries up to five years offence penalty
and/or a fine
- Deliberately deleting files, introducing
viruses or modifying programs
intending to cause damage
- Carries up to five years offence penalty
and/or a fine
- Unauthorised access to
computer programs or data
- Introduced 1990
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers
Act
- An offence to access or intercept a message sent through
either public or private telecommunications
- Established 2000
- Data interception only allowed in certain situations, for
example, when a message must be intercepted to help
solve a crime
- An offence to access or intercept a message sent through
either public or private telecommunications
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