1. Tick one box on each row to identify the legislation that would cover each of the given events.
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| Event | the DPA (2018) | the CMA (1990) | CDPA (1988) |
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| A company transmits personal data to another company without the individual’s permission. | |||
| A school accidentally publishes their students’ addresses on the school website. | |||
| The interface for a piece of software is replicated by a rival company | |||
| A user leaves a computer logged on and another person leaves them a message on their desktop. | |||
| A student guesses their teacher’s password and accesses their computer account |
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2. Social networking websites use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor posts from users. Discuss the positive and negative uses of AI by social networking websites including:
• Legal issues
• Ethical issues
• Privacy issues
• Legal issues
• Ethical issues
• Privacy issues
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3. The artist is working with a programmer on the development of a new piece of software. The software will allow users to edit images on devices such as mobile telephones. They are considering releasing the software as open source instead of proprietary.
a) Describe two benefits to the artist and programmer of releasing the software as
proprietary.
proprietary.
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b) Describe one benefit to the users of releasing the software as open source.
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4. A shopping centre has a security system that includes CCTV cameras to record activities in the centre. The security system is being upgraded to include the use of facial recognition to identify, track the movements of and record individuals throughout the shopping centre.
Discuss the positive and negative impacts of this upgrade including:
• ethical issues
• privacy issues
• legal issues
Discuss the positive and negative impacts of this upgrade including:
• ethical issues
• privacy issues
• legal issues
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