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    • Individual Citizens "paper (e.g. forms

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