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Effect of Legislation on the Internet
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Life in the Information Age: Legislation ICT has impacted on every area of our lives, but the rate at which it expands leads to concern of its security. ICT Legislation is put in place to protect users of ICT because the internet can be accessed privately; people interact and behave differently online where they think their activities will go unnoticed. Because the internet is largely unregulated it has the potential to promote criminal activities. In the UK the last legislation against the internet was the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Act is the law that governs the processing of personal information held on living, identifiable individuals. The Act requires that you are open about your use of personal information and that you follow certain principles for processing that information. These Principles are known as the eight data protection principles. Personal Data must be; * Processed fairly and lawfully * Processed only...
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