Ethical, Environmental and Legal Considerations
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- Created on: 05-04-17 11:15
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- Ethical, Environmental and Legal Consideration
- Ethical
- Journalists have invaded people’s privacy to unearth stories “in the public interest”
- Computer systems make people’s privacy something difficult to maintain
- Is this right or wrong? What if it exposed criminal behaviour?
- Environmental
- There
are two kinds of environmental consideration
- Disposal
- ?Computer systems become obsolete very quickly
- Technology is constantly being modified and adapted to increase storage capacity or reduce physical size
- Obsolete computer equipment is referred to as e-waste
- Many of the components within computer equipment are actually hazardous or even radioactive
- The argument of what to do with e-waste is still going on and it looks like the problem is going to get worse before it gets better
- Energy
- This is all to do with the amount of energy used to run computer systems.
- Heat is generated as a byproduct of computer systems and so they need to be cooled in order to continue working
- Server rooms in buildings are air-conditioned, which in itself uses energy
- Hardware developers are encouraged to consider the amount of energy being used
- Disposal
- There
are two kinds of environmental consideration
- Legal
- The Computer Misuse Act (1990)
- This act covers unauthorised access or modification of data
- Do not use the term “hacking” because it’s not technical enough!
- Any unauthorised access/modification of data (even guessing someone’s password) is covered by this and is illegal.
- Depending on the severity of the crime you could be imprisoned and/or fined
- Data Protection Act (1998)
- This is all to do with the collection and storage of data
- It ensures that all information collected about people is relevant
- It also makes sure that all information is not kept for longer than it needs to be
- The Act demands that data be stored securely
- You must also give permission for your data to be passed on to a third party
- The Computer Misuse Act (1990)
- Ethical
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