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Computer Legislation The information on this document is for the purpose of different computer legislations Below are some Act uses for computer legislations.> Data Protection Act 1998> Computer Misuse Act 1990> Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 1986> Child Online Protection Act 1998> The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988> Computers Crimes Act 1988> Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989> Criminal Law> Anti-Cybercrime Act of 2002> The Computer Security Act of 1987 Data Protection Act 1998 - UK & USA The Data Protection Act of 1998 applies to personal data that is available on the computers or in some structured manual files. The type of data that the Act refers to is data that is being collected, adapted, organised, altered, recorded, used, disclosed, combined, destroyed, or data that is simply being held. The Act establishes eight mandatory procedures that organisations which process data must follow. Data is required to be: * Lawfully and fairly processed *...

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