1. UNDERSTANDING ISSUES
Unit 2
RELATING TO THE USE OF Legal issues
INFORMATION

2. LEGISLATION
Data Protection Act 1998
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Copyright

3. YOU TUBE
 $1 billion dollar lawsuit launched against You Tube in 2007
 You Tube was making millions of dollars profit by selling
advertising space to its growing number of users
 The company filing the lawsuit was Viacom who also had a video
sharing website and wanted to attract more ‘traffic’
 Viacom owned a lot of the material appearing on the You Tube
site
 Which law has been breached?
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Freedom of Information Act 2000
• Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Copyright

4. BIN LADEN PHOTOGRAPHS
 Photographs were taken of Bin Laden’s body when he was killed
in a special forces raid in 2011
 The photographs were taken for official reasons. So that his
identity could be verified
 There has been much debate about whether or not these images
should be allowed into the public domain and the effects this
may have
 Which law is involved in this case?
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Freedom of Information Act 2000
• Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Copyright

5. CANOE MAN’S EMAIL HACKED
 Sky news senior executives gave journalists permission to hack
into the email account of John Darwin
 Sky claimed it was in the ‘public interest ’ to do this
 They used the information on their website and in TV reports
 Having this extra information would give Sky a competitive edge
over other broadcasters
 Which law has been breached on this occasion?
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Freedom of Information Act 2000
• Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Copyright

6. SONY PLAYSTATION
 In 2011 user account information was stolen from the Playstation
Network when someone hacked into their site
 Personal details such as name, address, passwords and possibly
credit card information was stolen
 A resident of Alabama filed a lawsuit against Sony and several
other American states are involved in investigations
 Which law has been breached?
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Freedom of Information Act 2000
• Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Copyright

7. PAIRS TASK
 Choose one of the given cases to investigate
 You will produce two pages for a leaflet on legal issues
 Find all the key information that you want to include
 Decide on the order it will appear in the leaflet
 Make the leaflet
 DO NOT COPY AND PASTE ! Use quotes if you need to
 Maximum font size 14
 Maximum number of pictures 2
 Check spelling
 Make sure what you write makes sense!