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F12.2 Personal data and privacy

Technology and society · GCSE · OCR J277 1.6.1, AQA 8525 3.8, Edexcel 1CP2 5.2.1 · about 15 min

BugBotLab
NameClassDate

What this lesson is about

What personal data is, the Data Protection Act 2018, and anonymising a log.

Questions 6 marks in all

  1. [1 mark]Which of these is personal data?

    1. AA student's school email address
    2. BThe number of robots in a room
    3. CThe speed of a motor
    4. DThe colour of a mat

  2. [1 mark]Which law protects personal data in the UK?

    1. AThe Data Protection Act 2018
    2. BThe Computer Misuse Act 1990
    3. CThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
    4. DThe Freedom of Information Act 2000

  3. [1 mark]What does data minimisation mean?

    1. ACollect only the data you actually need
    2. BCompress the data
    3. CDelete all the data at once
    4. DStore data on the smallest disk

  4. [1 mark]Which is a right people have over their own data?

    1. ATo see what is held about them and have mistakes corrected
    2. BTo see everyone else's data
    3. CTo be paid for it
    4. DTo stop the company trading

  5. [1 mark]A school keeps robot logs with names for ten years. Which principle does this break?

    1. AKept no longer than needed
    2. BAccuracy
    3. CLawfulness
    4. DSecurity

  6. [1 mark]What does this program print?

    rows = [('Sam', 240), ('Ava', 180)]
for n, (name, cm) in enumerate(rows, start=1):
    print(f'student {n}: {cm} cm')

The task: anonymise the log

Each row of log is a name, an email and a distance in centimetres. Print an anonymised line for each, in the form student 1: 240 cm, numbering the students from 1 in the order they appear. Then print records: <n> and total: <n> cm. Nothing in the output may contain a name or an email.

# the two lines every program starts with: the commands, then the robot
from bugbot import *
connect()

# name, email, distance in cm
log = [
    ("Sam Patel", "sam@school.uk", 240),
    ("Ava Ng", "ava@school.uk", 180),
    ("Jo Reilly", "jo@school.uk", 95),
    ("Kit Hale", "kit@school.uk", 310),
]

Plan your program here, then type it in and press Run.

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Do it on the robot
www.bugbotlab.com/learn/f12-2-personal-data-and-privacy/
The simulator checks it and tells you when it passes. Nothing to install, no account.

Challenges

  1. Print the furthest distance without printing who drove it.
  2. Which principle of the Act does anonymising the log help you follow?
  3. A school keeps every robot log for ten years. Which principle does that break?