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UNIT R001: Understanding Computer Systems

UNIT R001: Understanding Computer Systems. DPA. Data Protection Act (1998). What is it and why was it created?. The Data Protection Act was developed to give protection and lay down the rules about how personal data can be used.

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UNIT R001: Understanding Computer Systems

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  1. UNIT R001: Understanding Computer Systems

  2. DPA

  3. Data Protection Act (1998) What is it and why was it created? The Data Protection Act was developed to give protection and lay down the rules about how personal data can be used. It was created to protect individuals from misuse of this data. It governs the collection and processing of data by organisations and the individual rights to access the data if they wish.

  4. Data Protection Act (1998) What are the eight principles of it? • Data must be kept secure; • Data stored must be relevant; • Data stored must be kept no longer than necessary; • Data stored must be kept accurate and up-to-date; 5. Data must be obtained and processed lawfully; 6. Data must be processed within the data subject rights; 7. Data must be obtained and specified for lawful purposes; 8. Data must not be transferred to countries without adequate data protection laws.

  5. Can you guess which principle this refers to?

  6. When transferring personal data between countries, businesses must ensure that the data is secure and protected from hackers.

  7. Businesses must take as much care as possible to protect personal data from hackers or computer disasters.

  8. Under the Act your ‘students record’ must be kept up to date and include the correct information

  9. People should be aware of any data that is collected about them and businesses should collect it form trustworthy sources, (ie not hackers)

  10. Any data stored in your student record must be relevant for school.

  11. Individuals have rights and any data processed must follow these rights.

  12. Businesses should only store data about a person for as long as they need to use it. Once it has been used businesses should get rid of it, safely.

  13. Personal data will only be used for the purpose that it has been intended for

  14. Data Protection Act (1998) What rights do we have as data subjects? • To be supplied with the data held about us; • To change incorrect data; • To prevent data being used about us if it will cause distress; • To stop data being used in attempts to sell us something; • To use the law to gain compensation.

  15. Data Protection Act (1998) What is an Information Commissioner, Data Controller and Data Subject? Information Commissioner: Person who has the power to enforce the Act. Data Controller: Person or Company that collects and keeps data about people. Data Subject: Person who has data about them stored outside their direct control.

  16. Data Protection Act (1998) Are there any exemptions to the Data Protection Act? • Any data held for National Security reasons e.g. MI5 • Police can access personal information in order to solve crimes. • The taxman can access personal information to ensure people pay their tax! • Any data held for domestic purposes at home e.g. birthday lists, address books.

  17. Plenary “Share with your table one new thing you have learnt today” Which picture best represents your learning and why? What have you learnt today?

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