Unit 4 - P5,P6 & M2
FOR NOTES AND GUIDLINE PURPOSES ONLY, COPYING THE
WHOLE DOCUMENT WILL BE COPYWRITE.
USE SENSIBLE.
LEGAL ISSUES FOR THORPE PARK
Legal issues consist of Data protection act 1998 and Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Data Protection Act 1998
This is a law designed to protect Thorpe Park Resort data stored on the computer
database. Data protection consists of data controllers, personal data and processing.
This applies to employees that control personal data for instance names of
customers who attended Thorpe Park resort for a year. The type of information that
Thorpe Park Resort will collect from customers is Contact details like email
addresses or telephone numbers, bank details for online booking and personal
information as in gender, last name etc. The data should be processed fairly and
lawfully and may not be processed unless the data controller can satisfy one of the
conditions for processing set out in the Act. Appropriate technical and business
measures are taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of the data and
against accidental loss, destruction or damage of the business data. For an example,
if an employee at Thorpe Park does not protect customer’s information, he or she is
to be discharged from his or her job and the customers are allowed to sue the
employee.
Computer Misuse Act 1990
This is an act designed to protect Thorpe Park computer systems against wilful
attacks and theft of information. Offences under the act include hacking,
unauthorised access to computer systems and purposefully spreading malicious and
damaging software such as viruses. This act also covers unauthorised access to
different parts of a computer system, therefore, a person may be allowed to access
one part of a system but not others, and the accessing of the other parts will be an
offence. For instance, customers are allowed to see their pictures which are taken
when they are on the rides at Thorpe Park but are not allowed to remove them.
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FOR NOTES AND GUIDLINE PURPOSES ONLY, COPYING THE
WHOLE DOCUMENT WILL BE COPYWRITE.
USE SENSIBLE.
LEGAL ISSUES FOR THORPE PARK
Legal issues consist of Data protection act 1998 and Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Data Protection Act 1998
This is a law designed to protect Thorpe Park Resort data stored on the computer
database. Data protection consists of data controllers, personal data and processing.
This applies to employees that control personal data for instance names of
customers who attended Thorpe Park resort for a year. The type of information that
Thorpe Park Resort will collect from customers is Contact details like email
addresses or telephone numbers, bank details for online booking and personal
information as in gender, last name etc. The data should be processed fairly and
lawfully and may not be processed unless the data controller can satisfy one of the
conditions for processing set out in the Act. Appropriate technical and business
measures are taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of the data and
against accidental loss, destruction or damage of the business data. For an example,
if an employee at Thorpe Park does not protect customer’s information, he or she is
to be discharged from his or her job and the customers are allowed to sue the
employee.
Computer Misuse Act 1990
This is an act designed to protect Thorpe Park computer systems against wilful
attacks and theft of information. Offences under the act include hacking,
unauthorised access to computer systems and purposefully spreading malicious and
damaging software such as viruses. This act also covers unauthorised access to
different parts of a computer system, therefore, a person may be allowed to access
one part of a system but not others, and the accessing of the other parts will be an
offence. For instance, customers are allowed to see their pictures which are taken
when they are on the rides at Thorpe Park but are not allowed to remove them.
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