legislation

• key principles of the DPA

  • lawfulness, fairness + transparency
  • data minimisation
  • purpose limitation
  • storage limitation
  • accuracy
  • security
  • accountability
• name 4 sectors exempt to the DPA

  national security

  scientific research

  financial service

  Home Office
• 3 offences of Computer Misuse Act

  • unauthorised access (hacking)
  • unauthorised access with intent
  • unauthorised modification (destroying data etc)
• purpose of Copyright Designs and Patents Act

  • protects use of intellectual property
• terms of Copyright Designs and Patents Act

  illegal to:

  make copies of copyrighted material

  share copyrighted material

  use unlicensed software

  plagiarise someone's creative work
• using copyrighted material

  • can request copyright holder to use material
  • write to creator and state what you intend to use it for
  • holder can demand a fee
• patents

  • legal protection over inventions
  • has to be registered
  • can apply to both software + hardware
• purpose of software licences

  • indicate how a user can use the commercial software
• what is open source software? (include 3 examples)

  • source code can be modified + viewed
  • Linux, Python, Firefox
• pros of open source

  • can be customised to organisations needs
  • unwanted features can be removed to make software run faster
  • shared in public domain; users can collaborate to modify + improve a product
• cons of open source

  • security risk; editors may add malicious code
  • prone to errors as it is not fully tested
  • difficult to receive support as development is distributed
• what is proprietary software? (include 3 examples)

  • source code is restricted + cannot be modified
  • can buy the right to use software but don't own it
  • Microsoft Office, Fortnite, Spotify
• pros of proprietary

  • users rely on company to provide updates
  • company held accountable if it doesn't perform as listed
  • developers provide support
• cons of proprietary

  • company may have infrequent updates
  • often expensive
  • users cannot modify/improve code for their own benefit
• creative commons

  • content producers can publish their intellectual property with licences, to allow others to use their work
• CC attribution

  • if creator credited, work can be shared, copied + modified
• CC share-alike

  • any work used must be redistributed under same license terms as original
• CC non-commercial

  • if no profit made from them, work can be used
• CC no-derivatives

  • can be shared + distributed but not modified