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LEGISLATION PROTECTING PEOPLE & GROUPS BY Mubarak Umerji Introduction With the advancement of computers and communications in the last thirty years the government has introduced various legislations to protect individuals as well as companies. This coursework details some of these legislations and gives examples of how each legislation protects the computer users and what effects it woul????????d have if the legislation was not introduced. The following lists of legislations are discussed in this coursework: - 1. Data Protection Act (1998) 2. Computer Misuse Act (1990) 3. Copyright Designs and Patents Act (1988) 4. Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) 5. Health and Safety Regulations (1992) 6. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000) 7. Internet Code of Practice (ICOP) Data Protection Act (1998) As more and more information came to be stored on computers, much of it personal data about individuals, there became the need for some sort of control over the way that it was collected and the way it could be used....

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