"Understanding the laws that govern data and protect against digital crime."
Match the environmental and privacy impacts to their descriptions.
To master the laws that protect your personal data and learn how the law stops hackers and cyber-criminals.
The living person who the data is about (e.g. you).
The person or organisation who decides how data is used.
Gaining entry to a computer system without permission.
The DPA governs how personal data is handled by organisations. It ensures that Data Subjects have control over their digital lives. There are 6 key principles organisations must follow:
Scenario: A supermarket collects your home address and bank details just so you can use their free Wi-Fi.
Which DPA principle are they breaking?
Principle 3: Data must be Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary. Wi-Fi doesn't need your home address.
The CMA makes specific digital actions illegal. There are 3 main offences students must know:
Gaining entry to computer material without permission (e.g. logging into a friend's social media).
Gaining entry with the specific intent to commit a further crime (e.g. logging in to steal bank details or company secrets).
Deliberately changing or impairing the operation of a computer (e.g. spreading viruses, deleting files, or starting a DDoS attack).
Scenario: A student logs into their teacher's account just to see the exam questions, but they don't change anything.
Which CMA offence is this?
Unauthorised Access: Gaining entry to computer material without permission. Even if nothing is changed or stolen, the act of logging in without permission is the offence.
Identify which laws are being broken in various hacking and data breach scenarios. 100% required to pass.
The ultimate Triple-Challenge Hub. Master the CMA Interceptor, DPA Auditor, and Subject Sentinel in three high-intensity missions!
Students: Signal completion. Teacher: Initiate class reflection.
"Does the DPA 2018 do enough to protect us from global giants like Facebook and Google?"
"Should hacking into a system just to 'look around' be a crime, or only if you steal something?"