Edexcel 1CP2 5.2.1: Personal data
The free BugBot lesson that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.
What it covers
Every app you use collects something about you. Some of it you hand over; much of it is gathered while you go about your day. Personal data is protected by law in the UK, and this lesson is about what counts as personal data, what the law demands of anyone who holds it, and how to handle it responsibly in a program.
- What counts as personal data?
- The Data Protection Act 2018
- Data minimisation in a program
- Anonymising
Or do it in the simulator, with tasks that mark themselves
Lessons that teach it
- F12.2 Personal data and privacy Technology and society
What personal data is, the Data Protection Act 2018, and anonymising a log.
Try it on a robot
The task from F12.2 Personal data and privacy, running here. Change the program and press Run.
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