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The Legislation that protects individuals and groups from the misuse of ICT
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Report 3e The Legislation that protects individuals and groups from the misuse of ICT. In this report I will be investigating the different legislations that protect individuals and groups from the misuse of ICT. Data Protection Act (1998) Data Protection Act is a law set in 1998 to protect the personal informal of individuals, not businesses. It includes how the information is obtained, held or disclosed to other people or organisations. This covers information stored digitally or in a paper-based storage system. The personal details of people are constantly being collected and recorded everywhere, ranging from the local supermarket to the online learning centre. The individual who have their personal data held about them - which is everyone, are called Data Subjects. The organizations or people who hold the Data Subject's data are called Data Users. Before collecting the data from the Data Subjects, the Data Users have to contact the Information Commissioner and do...
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