IGCSE ICT

• data Protection act Principles companies :        

  • Used fairly and lawfully 
  • Used for limited , specifically stated purposes 
  • Used in a way that is adequate , relevant and not excessive.
  • Accurate 
  • Kept for no longer than is absolutely necessary
  • Kept safe and secure 
  • Not transferred outside the European economic area without adequate protection  
• Copyright is a legal power that provides the creator of an original work with its sole authority to use and distribute it. Each country has its own rules and regulations for copyright, and must be obeyed by the people and organisations. If a person  downloads original work by someone  that is protected by copyright and lives in a country where it follows those copyright laws then proceeds to use it without the permission of them , they can face lawsuits from the owner.
• But also, copyright owners can distribute work to others that must be paid for  so it can be used but however used with certain regulations . Or, they can distribute it through free licences such as open sources or creative commons licences, which allow the owner to distribute their work without payment and say how their work can be used. 
• Methods of monitoring others:

  • Closed circuit television (CCTV ) , which sometimes uses facial recognition
  • Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) used by law enforcement agencies
  • Monitoring the use of ids , travel cards, passports at borders and bank card transactions 
  • Identifying devices on a network by their id or mac address. 
  • GPS trackers  that can be placed on clothing.
• Benefits of monitoring individuals movements , such as being able to:

  • Find people who are lost , especially young children , identify people on networks and locate nearby friends in order to arrange to meet socially, identify and locate potential criminals , verify individuals for financial transactions to reduce financial crime
• Benefits of online availability of goods and services : 

  • Global access, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Improved client service through greater flexibility
  • Cost savings
  • Faster delivery of products
  • Avoid travel
  • Avoid the need to purchase from a store
• Drawbacks of online availability of goods and services: 

  • Start up cost. Although online 

  business comes with long term cost savings, it is not the same when it comes to implementation.

  • Security
  • Reliance on Internet connection
  • Competition from other business / providers of similar services
  • Trust from the users
  • Customer satisfaction / reliability
• What is transactional data: data that is sent between devices on the internet. The data is stored in cookies and some of them are encrypted. 
• data that can be stored in cookies:

  • The time of the transaction 
  • Ip addresses 
  • The referring website
  • The products or services that a user has viewed 
  • Buttons that a user has pressed.
  • Data entered into web forums including , such name and credit card info.
• Types of cookies : session, third party and persistent.