Stay Safe Online.

1. ICT Legislation
Kayleigh Chapple-Evans

2. How To Stay Safe Online
• First of all, use anti-virus on your computer.
• Secondly, do not open emails from unknown people or unknown sources.
• Thirdly, use hard-to-guess passwords and keep them private (Do not tell anyone
about your password).
• Protect computers with firewalls.
• Regularly download security protection updates “Patches”.
• Back-up your computer to a USB or discs.
• And last but not least, disconnection from the internet when it is not in use.

3. Data Protection Act 1998
• This is the UK’s data protection act.
• Data protection Act 1998 is under the parliament of the United Kingdom (Great
Brittan) and Northern Ireland; this is for all the people of the UK (United Kingdom0.
• The act of governs the UK (United Kingdom) government of revealing personal
information/data out for money. Brought into force in 1998.
• There is two types of personal information: one is their name, address, medical details
or banking details; secondly, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion,
membership of a trade union, health, criminal activity.
• Basically, the law prevents the government or any business releasing your details to
other companies.

4. Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Laws under the Act of 1990:
• Data misuse and
unauthorized transfer or
coping. (E.g. Downloading
music.)
• Copyright (E.g. copying
someone else work and
claiming it as your own.)
• Email and Chat-room Abuses.
• Pornography
• Identity and financial abuses
• Viruses.

5. Copyright Act 1988
The Copyright Act of 1988 (Copyright, Designs, and Patens Act of 1988) is a
current UK law. This enables the creators of any literary, drama, musical, and
artistic works the right to have control on who may use their material.
The law covers: Broadcasting, public performances, copying, adapting, issuing,
renting and lending copies to the public.
In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author
and to object to distortions of his work.
Interpretation is related to the (independent) creation rather than the idea
behind the creation. For example, your idea for a book would not itself be
protected, but the actual content of a book you write would be. In other words,
someone else is still entitled to write their own book around the same idea,

6. Health and Safety Act 1974
The Health and Safety Act 1974 (HASAW/ The Health and
Safety Act at Work Act of 1974), is an act under the law of
parliament; the main piece of UK health and safety
legislations.
This places a duty on all employers “to ensure, so far as is
reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at
work” of all their employees.
To summarise this law: the particular law protects the
employees from risk, enabling them to sue if injured through
a fault at work.

7. The Risks of Using The Internet: Risks For Virus
Viruses:
There are many different ways to prevent a virus from appearing on your
computer. Theses ways are very simple:
First of all, use anti-virus on your computer. This will help find – if there is
a virus – on your computer and get rid of it.
Secondly, do not open emails from unknown people or unknown sources. The
unknown account could be sending you a virus through it, which will
corrupt your computer.
Regularly download security protection updates “Patches”. This will enable
you the best chance at fighting a virus.

8. Risks From Hacking
Hacking is a big issue within the UK (United Kingdom) and around the world.
However, there are ways to stop hacking.
One:
Regularly use hard-to-guess passwords and keep them private (Do not tell anyone
about your password). This will help stop hackers from hacking into your account
or into your computer.
Don’t go on unknown websites, they could take corrupt files and easily allow
hackers to access your computer.