Legislation & Software Licences
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Set it as homework or classwork and every answer is marked as pupils go, with feedback on what they got wrong. The scores go straight into your mark book, so you can see who needs help before the next lesson.
- 7 questions
- 25 marks
- about 20 minutes
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Question types: short answer, multiple choice, matching, true or false.
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A student hacks into their school's computer system without permission. Which law have they broken?
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About this resource
Learn the three key laws for GCSE Computer Science - the Data Protection Act 2018, Computer Misuse Act 1990 and Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - including what each allows and prohibits, and compare open source and proprietary software licences.
13 slides.
Lesson outline
- The Data Protection Act 2018
- DPA 2018 - Rights & Penalties
- DPA Quick Check
- Task 1 - DPA Scenario
- The Computer Misuse Act 1990
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- Which Law?
- Task 2 - Name That Law
- Open Source vs Proprietary Software
- Software Licences Check
- Task 3 - Open Source vs Proprietary
- Starter Answer & Lesson Summary
Unit bundle1.6 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts
