Ethical, cultural and environmental impact

• Impacts of digital technology on wider society including:

  • Ethical issues
  • Legal issues
  • Cultural issues
  • Environmental issues
  • Privacy issues
• What are ethics?

  Ethics are moral principles, or rules, which govern a person's attitudes and behaviour.
• Computers might be used unlawfully in many ways, for example:

  • allowing someone to illegally share personal data
  • helping to steal financial information, such as credit card numbers or bank account details
  • helping to illegally copy and distribute films, television programmes and music
  • extorting information or blackmailing someone