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June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Plan for Today 14:00-14:45 Have a break 15:00-15:45 Coursework 1 – Annotated bibliography Data Protection Act Lets aim to finish early So you can work on assignment right away Lets aim to finish early So you can work on assignment right away

In the news this week?  Privacy, Data Protection, Freedom of Information June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Assignment Guidelines

Classic Annotation Styles  Descriptive annotation  A compact narrative which provides the reader with an overview of the contents to the selected item  Critical Annotation  A compact narrative providing an overview  Plus  A critical appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of the argument  And/or an analysis of the perspective June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Writing rules?  Think about your audience  Make what you say clear  Read it aloud to check how it sounds  Help them understand  Highlight the important  Share your insights  Help them find the original source June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Reference in ACM style

Understanding the task..  You may find examples online – June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Browsing this or other bibliographies can help you gauge what you might include But remember to check the guidelines and the assessment criteria

AN EXAMPLE, SOME HINTS Walking through the task.. June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

DIGITAL FUTURES – WEB 2.0 An example topic 6/6/2016INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues What do I know already Web2.0 is an issue I could be better informed about There is a seminal paper by O’Reilly which defined Web2.0 I need to set it in some context

Do a bit of initial searching 6/6/2016INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Clue – look up Berners-Lee and 2.0 too

Find paper – note is well cited June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Follow up that early clue 6/6/2016INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Follow clue – look up Berners-Lee and 2.0 too

Look elsewhere SSRN as source… June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Other Places June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Other Places? June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Grey Literature Official Web sites June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Gartner the-green-it-ru.html But what’s wrong with this? I should find the original source

Example - Digital Futures O’Reilly, Tim, What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software. Communications & Strategies, No. 1, p.17, First Quarter Available at SSRN: This work originated in a conference between O'Reilly Publishers and MediaLive International, the term was coined in 2004 to described a whole new class of interactive applications that emerged after the dot-com bubble burst in This paper defines web 2.0 and outlines its key concepts: 1) the web as a platform, 2) harnessing collective intelligence, 3) data is the next Intel inside, 4) end of the software release cycle, 5) lightweight programming models, 6) software above the level of a single device, and 7) rich user experiences. The paper is available in slightly different forms from more than one source. The version on the O’Reilly web site (which is more frequently cited acknowledged as 2005) includes a frequently reproduced meme-map of Web2.0. The term 2.0 has since become part of the currency (although the term read write web is also used) and people are now talking about web 3.0 when they consider developments related to the semantic web and linked data. June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues This is not perfect! Check the spec! Last accessed? But what else? The list is just a copy from the article

WHAT ARE OUR TOPICS? Remember… June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Professional and Legal Issues June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Professional legal ethical

Another way of looking at it June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues But there are many overlaps and interactions

June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues professional and legal issues might include data protection ethics child protection open source pornography hacking morals employment rights privacy civic duty open data copyright security discrimination equality libel defamation responsibility creative commons accessibility plain english code of conduct freedom of information academic ethics professional bodies digital divide outsourcing globalisation free speech intellectual property green ICT e-commerce digital futures localisation health and safety environment social enterprises accessability professionalism digital rights management surveillance censorship computer crime e-government file-sharing inclusivity employment rights

Assessment  Deadline end of week 7  Individual task  But… working with others may  Help prepare for group task  Increase your broad understanding  Allow you to discuss the papers you read before write bibliography  Help you locate the most useful resources 6/6/2016INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? Data Protection Act June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Who? According to the Data Protection Act (1998) "a person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed" is the definition of: 1) A data subject 2) A data processor 3) A data controller 4) The Data Protection Commissioner June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

What?  In the Data Protection Act, processing is defined as ___________ information. 1) Obtaining 2) Recording 3) Holding 4) Carry out any operation on 5) all of the above 6) None of the above June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Rights Which of the following rights does an individual NOT have under the Data Protection Act (1998)? 1) The right to prevent data about the individual being used for direct marketing 2) The right to have inaccurate data corrected or erased 3) The right to prevent data about the individual being held 4) The right to find out what data is being held about the individual June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Where to find the answers… Data Protection Act

Where? …basics Government Legislation  Data Protection Act  Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act  Freedom of information Act Read and understand Text book  Bott Ch 14: Data Protection, Privacy and Freedom of Information June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues Other Sources  Information Commissioners Office .gov.uk

Watch the CD  Barry’s bad data day “Informational video about compliance with the Data Protection Act Takes a dramatised approach. A harassed office manager tells of the day he realised that he and his female colleague were inadvertently breaking the law on data protection”. June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Further sources?  Search youtube data protection act (sort of ironic?), copyright would be more so…  See also Holt and Newton (2004) for more background June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues From Edwards and Rodrigues, The right to privacy and confidentiality for children: the law and current challenges (2008)

ICO web site June 16INFO2009 Professional and Legal Issues

Checklist (from ICO)  If I'm asked to pass on personal information, would the people about whom I hold information expect me to do this?  Am I satisfied the information is being held securely, whether it's on paper or on computer?  And what about my website? Is it secure?  Do I really need this information about an individual?  Do I know what I'm going to use it for?  Do the people whose information I hold know that I've got it, and are they likely to understand what it will be used for?

Checklist continued Have I trained my staff in their duties and responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, and are they putting them into practice? Do I need to notify the Information Commissioner and if so is my notification up to date? Is access to personal information limited to those with a strict need to know? Am I sure the personal information is accurate and up to date? Do I delete or destroy personal information as soon as I have no more need for it?

Data must be * Fairly and lawfully processed * Processed for limited purposes * Adequate, relevant and not excessive * Accurate and up to date * Not kept for longer than is necessary * Processed in line with your rights * Secure * Not transferred to other countries without adequate protection

PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT After Data Protection?