How can legalisation affect Campsmount
I am going to research issues in information systems within Campsmount Academy. Campsmount academy is a secondary school in the south of Yorkshire within the outskirts of Doncaster.
Legal
Data Protection Act
Was developed to protect and lay down about how personal information can be used and stored. Personal information includes data such as: name, address, contact information, employment history, medical conditions, convictions and credit history. The basic way it works is by setting up rules that people have to follow and by having an information commissioner to enforce the rules however it doesn’t stop companies storing information about people it just makes them follow the rules. Within the act there …show more content…
There have been cases where laws such as Copyright have been used to crack down on file sharing websites or individuals who store and illegally distribute copyrighted material. There is a massive problem with many people around the world obtaining copyrighted material illegally.
The copyright law effects Campsmount because it affects the students has they are not allowed to use plagiarism as the school could get find as the students are not doing their own individual work and are working together. This is against the copyright law as they would be using someone else’s work and putting it down as their own.
Computer Misuse
The Computer Misuse Act (1990) involves accessing computer material without permission, eg looking at someone else's files. Accessing computer material without permission with intent to commit further criminal offences, e.g. hacking into the bank's computer and wanting to increase the amount in your account. Altering computer data without permission, such as changing the money in an …show more content…
It allows access to general information but not personal information. It is used by the press to give readers and viewers accurate information particular at elections as it means government and public bodies have to release information to the press. To make sure it is not biased. This act is not very relevant to a private academy such as Campsmount because the people that want to know the information already have access to it. This is used within Campsmount when teachers write a prospectus about the school giving information about the school, however doesn’t give direct information about each individual
I am going to research issues in information systems within Campsmount Academy. Campsmount academy is a secondary school in the south of Yorkshire within the outskirts of Doncaster.
Legal
Data Protection Act
Was developed to protect and lay down about how personal information can be used and stored. Personal information includes data such as: name, address, contact information, employment history, medical conditions, convictions and credit history. The basic way it works is by setting up rules that people have to follow and by having an information commissioner to enforce the rules however it doesn’t stop companies storing information about people it just makes them follow the rules. Within the act there …show more content…
There have been cases where laws such as Copyright have been used to crack down on file sharing websites or individuals who store and illegally distribute copyrighted material. There is a massive problem with many people around the world obtaining copyrighted material illegally.
The copyright law effects Campsmount because it affects the students has they are not allowed to use plagiarism as the school could get find as the students are not doing their own individual work and are working together. This is against the copyright law as they would be using someone else’s work and putting it down as their own.
Computer Misuse
The Computer Misuse Act (1990) involves accessing computer material without permission, eg looking at someone else's files. Accessing computer material without permission with intent to commit further criminal offences, e.g. hacking into the bank's computer and wanting to increase the amount in your account. Altering computer data without permission, such as changing the money in an …show more content…
It allows access to general information but not personal information. It is used by the press to give readers and viewers accurate information particular at elections as it means government and public bodies have to release information to the press. To make sure it is not biased. This act is not very relevant to a private academy such as Campsmount because the people that want to know the information already have access to it. This is used within Campsmount when teachers write a prospectus about the school giving information about the school, however doesn’t give direct information about each individual