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University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Computer Legislation
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
• We will also consider the main pieces of legislation relating to computing:– Computer Misuse Act 1990
– Data Protection Act 1998
– Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
– Freedom of Information Act 2000
– Copyright and Patents
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Computer Misuse
• Definitions of Computer Crime
• Edwards and Savage (IT and the Law)
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Background
• Frequency of Computer Misuse
• The Offenders
• The Costs of Computer Crime
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The Computer Misuse Act • Types of Computer Crime • 1 Fraud
• 2 Misuse of Resources
• 3 Sabotage, Arson & Vandalism
• 4 Blackmail
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The Computer Misuse Act (cont)• Objectives
• The Act itself – Offences – User Responsibilities – Enforcement
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The Computer Misuse Act (cont)• Provisions of the Act • Three New Offences
– 1 The Unauthorised Access Offence – 2 The Ulterior Intent Offence – 3 The Unauthorised Modification Offence
• Comments on the Act
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Data Protection Act 1998• The Act in Perspective • Background • The 8 Principles • How the Act works • Data Subjects Rights
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Data Protection Act in Perspective
Organisations
Information Computers
• Why we need legislation
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Data Protection Act in Perspective• Data Privacy
Privacy Protection
Data Privacy
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The Act • What is it? • Purposes of the Act • Definitions used in the Act (Full details see DPC's guidelines):
– 1 Data – 2 Personal Data – 3 Data Subject– 4 Data Controller – 5 Data Processor – 6 Processing – 7 Relevant Filing System
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The 8 Principles of the DPA • There are eight principles to the data protection
act - which should already be good practice –– 1 Personal data shall be processed fairly and
lawfully.– 2 Personal data shall be obtained only for one
or more specified and lawful purposes. – 3 Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not
excessive.
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The 8 Principles of the DPA • There are eight principles to the data protection
act - which should already be good practice –– 4 Personal data shall be accurate and, where
necessary, kept up to date – 5 Personal data processed for any purpose…shall
not be kept for longer than is necessary – 6 Personal data shall be processed in accordance
with the rights of data subjects under this Act
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
The 8 Principles of the DPA • There are eight principles to the data protection
act - which should already be good practice –– 7 Appropriate technical and organisational
measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data.
– 8 Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the EEA.
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
How the Act Works The Commissioner
• Data Protection Commissioner • Data User Registration • Data Users Obligations • Enforcement and Appeals
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal SkillsHow the Act Works
Notification
• Notification information
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
How the Act Works • Exemptions (5 main sections)• There are a number of exemptions, the main
ones being –– National security – Crime and taxation – Health, education and social work – Regulatory activity – Special purposes
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
How the Act Works • Data Subject Rights
– 1 The right of access
– 2 The right to prevent processing
– 3 The right to compensation
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
– Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
– Freedom of Information Act 2000
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Copyright• Introduction
• Protection
• Getting a Copyright
• Length
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Patents• Introduction
• Protection
• Getting a Patent
• Length
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Enforcing Patents and Copyright Introduction
• Federation Against Software Theft/ European Leisure Software Publishers Association
• Powers • Law Suits
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Summary • Computer Misuse • Background • The Computer Misuse Act • Copyright, Patents, etc • Summary • Further Reading
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 11
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Overview • In this lecture we have discussed computer
crime.• We have also looked at and gives an overview
of the main pieces of legislation relating to computing:
• Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Data Protection Act 1998