Legal
Data Protection Act (1998)
Data protection Act first come out in 1998 and was passed by the United Kingdom Act of Parliament it is a law that is designed to keep your data and your personal information safe and secure that is stored on your computer or in a paper based system.
The purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 is to control the way information is handled and to give legal rights to people who have information stored about them. Other European Union countries have passed similar laws as often information is held in more than one country.
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Copyright, Designs & Patents Act (1988)
Copyright, Designs & Patents Act (1988) is to protect peoples work or their first created original work or document for being copied by others. Copyright has affect markets and IT because once a song or a movie has come out then people will make copies of them and will give to their friends or sell it for less money than on markets but this Copyright, Designs & Patents Act law will stop people from copying which people have to buy it from markets.
The following things could be covered by copyright law books, movies, music/song and created document.
Limitations imposed by copyright
When you buy software, for example, copyright law forbids you from:
· giving a copy to a friend
· making a copy and then selling it
· using the software on a network (unless the licence allows it)
· renting the software without the permission of the copyright holder
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Computer Misuse Act (1990)
The computer misuse act first come out or was passed in 1990 and its used to stop hackers breaking in to the computer system and to stop people using internet or computer for creating viruses and for doing bad things or staff on the computer or in internet.
This was passed by Parliament and made three new offences:
· Accessing computer material without permission, e.g. looking at someone else's files.
· Accessing computer material without permission with intent to commit further criminal offences, e.g. hacking into the bank's computer and wanting to increase the amount in your account.
· Altering computer data without permission, e.g. writing a virus to destroy someone else's data, or actually changing the money in an account.
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