How does technology impact us?
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- In this lesson, we will be introduced to the five broad areas of impact (i.e. privacy, legal, ethical, environmental, and cultural). We will identify and discuss the impact areas through genuine examples. Finally, we will begin to understand the legal impact of technology specifically, and work through an example relating to the Data Protection Act (1998).
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these options most accurately and comprehensively explains ‘legal impact’?
The law prevents cybercrime
Using the law to help sue computer companies
Using virtual juries in criminal cases
Q2.
Which of these has the laws in the right order (oldest to newest)?
Computer Misuse Act; Data Protection Act; Copyright, Design and Patents Act; Freedom of Information Act
Computer Misuse Act; Freedom of Information Act; Data Protection Act; Copyright, Design and Patents Act
Copyright, Design and Patents Act; Computer Misuse Act; Data Protection Act; Freedom of Information Act
Q3.
Which regulation introduced by the EU caused the UK to have to update its original 1988 Data Protection Act to a new version 20 years later?
The Computer Misuse Act
The Copyright, Design and Patents Act
The Freedom of Information Act
Q4.
Which of these are data subjects?
People resident in the UK
People with computers
Taxpayers
Q5.
Which of these is one of these is a responsibility that organisations have to their data subjects?
They should never pass their data on to other organisations
They should not charge more than is necessary for their services
To keep their data forever