Legal and Ethical Aspects of ICT Use

Legal and Ethical ICT : 

Legal and Ethical ICT Here is one we broke earlier…

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Virtual killer faces real jail after murder by mouse 'Virtual theft' leads to arrest Chinese gamer sentenced to life Online voting fraud warning

Learning Outcomes : 

Learning Outcomes By the end of this session you will be able to: Describe some of the ways in which activities that involve the use of ICT require attention to legal and/or ethical considerations. Identify some of the relevant statutes Consider solutions that may reduce illegal and/or unethical activities

Creating a safe, legal ICT environment : 

Creating a safe, legal ICT environment Appropriate use E-Safety (Personal safety) Data protection Copyright Heath and safety Robust systems

Recent legislation covering potential issues : 

Recent legislation covering potential issues Data Protection Act 2000 Computer Misuse Act 1990 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Protection of Children Act 1999 Disability Discrimination Act 1995 & 2005 Freedom of Information Act 2000 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Human Rights Act 1998 Defamation Act 1996 Telecommunications (Fraud) Act 1997 Race Relations Act 1976 Criminal Justice Act 1988 / 1993 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Ways to break the law or act unethically with ICT : 

Ways to break the law or act unethically with ICT Fraud Theft Copyright infringement Obscenity Racism Libel Blackmail Inadequate working conditions Intimidation/ harassment Hacking/cracking Passing off/plagiarism Invasion of privacy Stalking Blasphemy Sedition Inadequate adjustments for disabilities

Appropriate/inappropriate use : 

Appropriate/inappropriate use A pupil is looking at a football website (or worse) instead of writing up her science experiment (e.g. see here) A secretary does his personal shopping on the Internet using the office computer A pupil sends an offensive e-mail to another pupil (e.g. see here) (and for a counter see here)

E-Safety/Personal safety : 

E-Safety/Personal safety There are photographs of sports day on the school website A pupil receives an e-mail from a music company asking for his phone number Pupils have e-mail addresses containing their name and the school name

Data protection : 

Data protection An insurance company asks for details of a teacher’s salary over the phone A parent wants to contact the mother of her son’s friend and asks for her mobile phone number The doctor’s surgery asks the office to confirm the identity of a pupil’s carers

Copyright : 

Copyright Music digitised from a record is used as background in a child’s multimedia presentation A teacher asks for worksheets to be made incorporating a picture from a CD-ROM A pupil’s geography project uses material she found on a university website

Heath and safety : 

Heath and safety A teacher brings in her scanner from home to use in the classroom A pupil has to crane his neck to see the computer screen Preparing a classroom pack takes a classroom assistant over three hours working at the computer

Robust systems : 

Robust systems Viruses Firewalls Spam

Sources of guidance : 

Sources of guidance BECTA:e.g.DDACopyrightData ProtectionComputer MisuseE-safetyHealth and Safety

Sanctions : 

Sanctions Removal from school. Involvement of parents or other external agencies. Ban on using ICT facilities. Restricted or closely supervised access to ICT facilities.

Your task : 

Your task Develop an individual agreement for use in school. Develop an ICT usage policy for the whole school – this should cover staff, pupils and possibly the public if it is a school with community access. Indicate how and where the policy is to be made available

Starting points? : 

Starting points? University policy JANET usage policy Examples from DFES