Unit 9 Legal and Cultural Issues

To be aware of computing related legislation, including:

• The Data Protection Act 1998

• The Computer Misuse Act 1990

• The Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988

• The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

To understand that developments in digital technologies have enabled massive transformations in the capacity of organisations to monitor behaviour, amass and analyse personal information

Discuss the individual (moral), social (ethical) and cultural opportunities and risks of digital technology, including:

• computers in the workforce

• automated decision making

• artificial intelligence

• analysis of personal information

Discuss the environmental effects of computers

Discuss the cultural opportunities and risks of digital technology relating to:

• censorship and the Internet

• the monitoring of behaviour

• piracy and offensive communications

• layout, colour paradigms and character sets