Topic C IT

• location based data


  maps, gps, restaurants local to you, used for all purposes, convenience, delieveries, locating people, fitness, location shared with police, gps consumes more battery power
• transactional data


  identify trends in sales, purchases, stored what you bought, customise advertising, shopping personalised offers, better experience, sold to other companies use it for unsolicited marketing, identity theft
• cookies


  analyse website performance, improve ease of use, customise adverts, invasion of privacy
• data exchange between services

  data collected shared with another app
• benefits of shared data

  large data sets, better decisions, companies target info, useful and easier, advertise better, saves you from collecting data, saves time and money
• drawbacks of shared data

  data can be shared without permission, data may be intercepted by a malicious user, shared data may be innacurate, may contain malware
• environmental - manufactoring


  raw materials, electricity and gas required, waste, fuel, materials for packaging
• environmental - use


  costs, electricity,24/7
• environmental - disposal


  pollution, landfill waste, recycled, e waste
• upgrade


  hardware, cheaper, produce less technotrash, take time, device incompatible
• replace


  quicker business, new tech adhere to environmental standards, higher costs, increasing e waste
• usage - auto power off

  standby, save wasted energy
• usage - power saving settings

  reduce power consumption, lower brightness, save energy
• usage electronic distribution


  electronic files save printing, reduce deforestation
• equal access


  everyone same access to services and information by it systems to benefit everyone digital divide
• individuals


  education, job finding, same advantages as others, equal playing field
• organisations


  businesses in developing countries won't be disadvantaged so no competing with companies in developed countries
• society

  better educated, knowledgeable society, reduce poverty and unemployment
• equality act 2010

  illegal to discriminate against protected characteristic , age, disability, race, religion
• Benefits of net neutrality

  small businesses equal playing field, no net neutrality increases cost,isps can't charge extra for faster access, isps can't block content
• aup - scope

  who document applies to employees
• AUP - Assets

  The equipment, documents and knowledge covered by the policy
• aup - acceptable

  actions acceptable for individuals
• AUP - Unacceptable

  actions not acceptable
• AUP - Agreement

  signature
• aup - sanctions

  actions if a individual found in a breach
• AUP - Monitoring

  defines what monitoring individuals can do
• data and use of internet

  cookies, gdpr- protects personal data, data protection act updated 2018, data protection act passed in law - 1988
• ip- patent

  right granted for invention
• ip- copyright

  right creators automatically gin from original creations
• ip- trademark

  name or symbol that uniquely identifies products
• negatives of net neutrality

  some companies use more internet yet dont have to pay, isps can fund new infrastructure projects
• data protection principles

  Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently in relation to individuals, data should be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes, collect only the data that is necessary for the intended purpose, collect only the data that is necessary for the intended purpose, Data should be retained for no longer than necessary for the intended purpose, ensure appropriate security measures to protect personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage, organizations are responsible for demonstrating compliance with these principles
• professional guidelines and accepted standards

  members must behave professionally, eg members only carry out work that is in their skill level
• four principles of accessibility

  perceivable, operable, understandable, robust
• computer misuse act

  illegal to access computer system without permission
• computer misuse things

  unauthorised access to computer material, unauthorised access with intent to commute offences, unauthorised modification of material