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The role of Criminal Law

 Penalties of breaching laws Health and safety act 1974 Unlimited fine Up to 5 years in prison company director can be "disqualified" for up to 15 years Computer misuse act 1990 Unauthorized access: Up to two years in prison for unauthorized access to a computer Unauthorized access with intent: Up to five years in prison for unauthorized access with the intent to commit another crime Unauthorized acts to impair computer operation: Up to ten years in prison for unauthorized acts that impair or risk impairing a computer's operation Unauthorized acts causing serious damage: Up to 14 years in prison, or life in prison if the offense caused significant damage to national security or human welfare Making, supplying, or obtaining articles for use in offenses: Up to two years in prison Waste electrical and Electronic equipment directive 2012 Unlimited fines business operating license revoked Test yo-self Fines and Imprisonment can be given as penalties under the DPA/GDPR the maxi...

Patrick homework due 31/1/25

 Page 282 test yourself 3 essential features for presentation software are a text editor, a method of inserting/editing graphics, and a method to organise the slideshow presentations can be used in sales meetings as they can include videos of new products as wells as charts of sales figures an infographic is objective data and quantifiable data, whereas an info poster has more subjective info dashboards can be used to track KPIs and metrics relevant to a business such as sales and customer loyalty charts are a display of info in the form of graphs, diagrams, and/or tables and graphs represent the mathematical relationship between data sets Page 287 test yourself Scrum is a structured framework with fixed roles, events, and artifacts to deliver projects in short iterations (Sprints). Kanban focuses on visualizing workflows and optimizing continuous delivery with no set roles or iterations. Lean emphasizes eliminating waste and improving efficiency, often applied alongside other fram...

Data protection act 2018

 Principles of the DPA The UK GDPR sets out seven key principles: Lawfulness, fairness and transparency Purpose limitation Data minimisation Accuracy Storage limitation Integrity and confidentiality (security) Accountability “(a) processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to individuals (‘lawfulness, fairness and transparency’); (b) collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes; further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes shall not be considered to be incompatible with the initial purposes (‘purpose limitation’); (c) adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed (‘data minimisation’); (d) accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate,...

Human Rights Act 1998

 Overview This act came into legislation in the UK in 2000.​ This specifies the freedoms that people in the UK are entitled to. It is linked to the European convention of Human Rights (ECHR).​ Human rights are the rights and freedoms that apply to every person from birth to death. This legislation guides how people are treated .​ It is hinged on values of dignity , equality, fairness, respect and independence. Human Rights Act 1998 Article 1  - Obligation to respect human rights States must ensure that everyone has the rights stated in this Convention. Article 2  - Right to life You have the right to life. Article 3  - Prohibition of torture No one ever has the right to hurt you or torture you. Even in detention your human dignity has to be respected. Article 4  - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour It is prohibited to treat you as a slave or to impose forced labour on you. Article 5  - Right to liberty and security You have the right to liberty. If yo...

WEEE

  What is covered The regulations cover  EEE  defined in 14 broad categories. The regulations do not apply to: products for military use a piece of equipment designed for and installed in another type of equipment which can only function within that product, for example a built-in satellite navigation system installed into cars, boats or aeroplanes filament bulbs apart from LED filament bulbs, to which the regulations do apply equipment designed to be sent into space large-scale stationary industrial tools large-scale fixed installations which perform specific industrial operations transport for persons or goods, excluding electric 2 wheeled vehicles which are not type-approved off-road mobile machinery for professional use only equipment designed only for research and development use and only available via business to business (B2B) implantable medical devices medical devices that are infective at end-of-life How to comply Producer obligations Register as a producer annu...

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