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Individual
Citizens
"paper (e.g. forms
handwritten notes maps
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telephone directories)" "handheld device (e.g. small tablet
smart phone
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wearable device
eBook readers
)" "Definition: a
network
of
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interconnected networks
spanning the world"
Internet
(e.g. public open access) "
webpages
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(
static
and
dynamic
)" "for individuals (e.g.
speed
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of personal communication
easy access to large amounts of
information
for research
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access to
internet banking
24/7
)" "for
individuals
(e.g.
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potential for identity theft
cost of
data connection
)" "text (different
character sets
e.g.
Western Cyrillic Arabic
etc.)
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text (different character sets
e.g.
Western Cyrillic
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Arabic
etc.)" Sensitive "characteristics (e.g.
valid
bias
reliable
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comparable
timely
relevant
understandable by user
accurate
)" "
collecting
storing
and
retrieving
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(e.g. adding a new member to a cycling club membership database)" "In the
DIKW
Pyramid
:
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data - raw
unorganised
facts
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that needs to be processed" "
communication
(e.g. to send an
email
to
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a
relation
living overseas)" "
knowledge management
and creation
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(e.g. to create an
accurate
model of key
markets
)" "identify the need (e.g. what
information
is
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needed? what do we want to find out?)" "
data tables
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(e.g. a
database
table of patients)"
Open Systems
o
Data Protection Act
(DPA) 1998 "
EU
:
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General
Data
Protection
Regulation
(
GDPR
)
2016
aka
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Regulation
(EU) 2016/679
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directly applicable in all EU member states on May 25
2018
" "
Green IT
is to use computers and IT
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resources
in an efficient and environmentally responsible way to reduce an
organisation's
carbon footprint
.
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To 'reduce
carbon footprint'
means to decrease the amount of pollution (such as
CO2
) produced by an organisation and to engage in more eco-friendly practise." "Data Sources:
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o
internal source
(
e.g
.
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internal financial reports
market analysis
)
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o
external source
(
e.g.
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supplier price lists
financial report from a
third party
)" "A
data flow diagram
('DFD') is a visual
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representation
of how data is transferred within a
system
or organisation. "
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Businesses
optical media
(e.g.
CD
and
DVD
) "
portable devices
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(e.g. laptop
large
tablet
)" "Type (e.g.
copper-cable
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optical-fibre
satellite microwave mobile data networks)"
Intranet
(e.g. private closed access) blogs "for
organisations
(e.g.
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share
large amounts of
information
quickly between different countries;
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charity
websites
accepting
donations
24/7)" "for
organisations
(e.g.
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threats caused by malicious attacks
cost of maintaining
websites
and data stores)" graphic (e.g. logo photograph diagram) Non-sensitive "importance of
good quality
information to
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stakeholders
(e.g.
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innovation
agility
improved
strategic decision making
and focus meeting deadlines
accurate cost projection
)" "
manipulating
and
processing
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(e.g. producing a
graph
from a
table
of
data
)" "
information
- data which is processed
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organised
and
structured
into a meaningful context
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Information
= Data +
Processing
(
Context
+ Meaning) " "education and training (e.g. by a student to
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check their current grades on a hand written feedback sheet from their teacher)" "
management information systems
(MIS)
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