1. Uppingham Community College
Computer Misuse Act

2. Teacher Lead Activity Computer Misuse Act 1990
What have we found out
Teacher Lead Activity Computer Misuse Act 1990
The students will have completed some homework which requires them to find out more about the computer misuse act Lets find out what they’ve learnt before watching the video. You can snow ball (paper fight) / Write on desks / post its – something which really gets the students engaged. I have a number of board games if you’re interested.

3. When is it right to hack?
YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIP In groups discuss Are ‘Anonymous’ right to be exposing members of ISIS around the world?

4. What have we found out
YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIP In groups discuss Are ‘Anonymous’ right to be exposing members of ISIS around the world?

5. Computer Misuse Act
Specifically designed to control hackers and the illegal access to files.
Hackers used to be seen as the cheeky child who would annoy you. People soon began to realise that they pose a serious threat to security.
The act does 3 things:
It is illegal to access files that you have no right to access.
It is illegal to access files for use for more serious crimes such as fraud and blackmail.
It is illegal to change any data that does not belong to you.
Includes planting viruses and deleting files.

6. WHY DO WE HAVE LAWS LIKE THE COMPUTER MISUSE ACT?
Examples
1) A student hacks into SIMS to impress his friends….. Is this a crime….
3) Later he decides he’s going to log back onto the system and alter his grades…. He doesn’t manage to find his grades…… Is this a crime?
WHY DO WE HAVE LAWS LIKE THE COMPUTER MISUSE ACT?
2) A week later he succeeds and finds his report card… he alters his grade….. This is a crime Unauthorised modification of data
Unauthorised access
Unauthorised modification of data
Unauthorised access with intent

7. Can you find any other laws and legislation?
Computer misuse act – Homework
Data protection act
Freedom of information act
Copyright, Designs and Patents act
Electronic Communications Act
Use a search engine to find some information. You must reference what you have found by including the website address. Your teacher will show you how to use a search engine efficiently
Teach students about how they can use the advanced search or speech marks to improve their search results.

8. New Success Criteria Use a search engine effectively
Reference the website address
Interpret results into your own worlds
Show that you have saved your research in a folder with a realistic name.
Present the information in a format which is easier for your audience.
Use this success criteria to make changes to your poster and make sure that you have the correct target audience
The criteria for this piece of work is checking that they can reference information they find on the internet.

9. Plenary
Teacher Lead Activity