Digital Literacy and the Law: Unit Exam B
Your rights over your data, the data protection principles in practice, computer misuse offences, copyright, cookies, ethics and the digital divide.
Instructions
- Time allowed
- 25 minutes
- Total marks
- 25
- Calculator
- No calculator is permitted.
- Answer all the questions.
- The number of marks for each question is shown in brackets. Use it as a guide to how much to write.
- The clock at the top counts down from the real time allowed. When it reaches zero the paper is locked and marked, as it would be collected in the exam hall.
- Read every question to the end before answering. Where a question says tick two boxes, tick exactly two: ticking more than asked scores nothing. Type one word and number answers carefully, because they are marked exactly.
Questions
Answer every question, then finish the paper to have it marked. Marking as you go teaches you far less.
Tick one box.
- LA Data Protection Act 2018
The Data Protection Act lets you request your own data.
| Followed | Broken | |
|---|---|---|
| A gym deletes members' details a year after they leave | ||
| A shop keeps customers' card numbers in an unlocked spreadsheet | ||
| A school collects pupils' blood groups for no reason | ||
| A company corrects a customer's wrong address when told about it |
Tick one box in each row.
- LA gym deletes members' details a year after they leave: Followed
- LA shop keeps customers' card numbers in an unlocked spreadsheet: Broken
- LA school collects pupils' blood groups for no reason: Broken
- LA company corrects a customer's wrong address when told about it: Followed
Data must be kept no longer than necessary, kept secure, not excessive, and accurate.
- L1990
The Computer Misuse Act 1990.
- LUnauthorised access to computer material, such as logging in to an account without permission
- LAccess with intent to commit a further offence, or unauthorised modification of data, such as spreading a virus
Unauthorised access means getting into a computer system or account without permission. Unauthorised modification means changing or deleting data without permission, which includes spreading a virus.
Tick one box.
- LC Selling copies of a game you did not make
Copying and selling someone else's work without permission breaks copyright.
- LIt stops others copying or selling their work without permission
- LSo they can earn money from it, which rewards and encourages creating more
Copyright stops other people copying, sharing or selling the work without permission. That means the creator can earn money from what they made, which rewards the work and makes it worth creating more.
Tick two boxes.
- LC Tracking which pages you visit so they can show targeted adverts
- LD Remembering what is in your shopping basket
- LNo marks if more than 2 boxes are ticked
Cookies remember things about your visit, for a basket or for advertising.
Tick one box.
- LB Adverts chosen for you using data collected about you
Targeted adverts use your data to guess what you might buy.
- LThe app is free because the data pays for it, which users may accept
- LUsers may not understand or read the terms, so their consent is not really informed
- LSelling data risks privacy: it could be misused, leaked or used to manipulate people
- LReaches a judgement, such as acceptable only if it is transparent and users can opt out
Selling data is what lets the app be free, and some users are happy with that trade. But most people never read the terms, so they do not really know what they agreed to, and once the data is sold they lose control of it: it could be leaked, misused or used to manipulate them. On balance it is only ethical if the app explains clearly what it collects and who gets it, and lets users opt out.
| Positive | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Video calls let families keep in touch across the world | ||
| Old devices dumped in landfill leak toxic metals | ||
| People with no internet at home miss out on online homework | ||
| Online banking saves people travelling to a branch |
Tick one box in each row.
- LVideo calls let families keep in touch across the world: Positive
- LOld devices dumped in landfill leak toxic metals: Negative
- LPeople with no internet at home miss out on online homework: Negative
- LOnline banking saves people travelling to a branch: Positive
Technology connects people and saves time, but creates waste and leaves some people behind.
- Ldigital divide
The digital divide.
Tick one box.
- LD Repairing, reusing or recycling old devices
Keeping devices in use longer, and recycling them properly, cuts e-waste.
Tick one box.
- LB Should a company use AI to monitor its staff all day?
Ethical questions ask what is right, which the law may not answer.
This is an original Key Stage 3 assessment. Most questions are closed, so the marking is exact, and the written answers are marked against a mark scheme in the same style as a GCSE paper, so the format is familiar long before it counts.