AQA 7517 4.8.1: Individual (moral), social (ethical), legal and cultural issues and opportunities
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At GCSE you learned to name the Computer Misuse Act, the Data Protection Act and the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, and to match each to a situation (F12.2 and F12.3). At A level you need more detail: what each law requires or forbids, the principles and rights inside data protection law, and a fourth Act, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. You also need to apply them to a system you are designing, because a developer is responsible for building software that lets its users obey the law.
- The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR
- The Computer Misuse Act 1990
- The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Which law applies?
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- A14.7 Computing legislation Software development, law and ethics
The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Regulation of… - A14.8 Moral, ethical, social and cultural issues Software development, law and ethics
Automated decisions, AI, surveillance, personal data at scale, censorship, piracy, the environment and accessibility, with an autonomous…
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