... of any additional adaptive equipment. Advantages The advantages of electronic wheelchairs are that they are powered by a battery which means less physical use of the body for those who find it hard to use their hands properly. Another advantage of ...

... are published in the report An Update on ICT Fraud and Abuse 2004. Since the last survey in 2001, the new report points to some improvement in ICT security, with security policies in place at 96 per cent of organizations. ...

... traffic light and so there were many accidents and even traffic jam which indeed disturbed everyone in our area. The number of internet usage in my area is very wide. Almost every house hold has got a computer to browse on ...

... for the media, while there are legal provisions which would apply to journalists as set out in the next section, Hong Kong still counts quite a lot on the self-discipline of the media, in order to save from a possible ...

... are published in the report An Update on ICT Fraud and Abuse 2004. Since the last survey in 2001, the new report points to some improvement in ICT security, with security policies in place at 96 per cent of organizations. ...

... that have been put into place. The Child protection Act of 1999 states that there are new rights of people reporting the suspected abuse and that there is a charter of rights for child care. When an investigation is being conducted ...

... if no damage is done, and no files deleted or changed. The very act of accessing materials without authorisation is illegal. This offence carries a penalty of imprisonment up to six months and/or a fine. Unauthorised access with intent to ...

... the amount in your account) 3. Altering computer data without permission (e.g. writing a virus to destroy someone else's data) A breach of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act would be if a student hacked into the school database, and altered information without ...

... the amount in your account) 3. Altering computer data without permission (e.g. writing a virus to destroy someone else's data) A breach of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act would be if a student hacked into the school database, and altered information without ...

... intention that it should form part of a relevant filing system, or (d) does not fall within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) but forms part of an accessible record as defined by section 68; "data controller" means, subject to subsection (4), a ...

... and personal. People like to keep their own data to themselves. The main reason for this is to stop the breaching of their privacy from hackers. Their also like to keep their data classified from others as they can use ...

... lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes; 3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed; 4. Personal ...

... * processed within the rights of the data subjects * kept secure * not transferred to other countries without protection We have much information held about us in many places. Without the Data Protection Act, personal information could be misused and shared ...

... What is the law in the UK? The Data Protection Act 1984 will soon be replaced by the Data Protection Act 1998 ('the 1998 Act'). The 1998 Act is being introduced to allow the UK to comply with its European ...

... necessary 6. be processed within the rights of data subjects 7. be kept secure against loss, damage and unauthorised and unlawful processing 8. not be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area Personal data Personal data is data that can identify a living person ...

... without adequate protection. Personal data covers both facts and opinions about the individual. It also includes information regarding the intentions of the data controller towards the individual, although in some limited circumstances exemptions will apply. With processing, the definition is ...

... unquantifiable and what is relevant is dependant on the organisation itself. Examples of external information sources could be information obtained from trade publications, legislation, economic reviews, competitors and market surveys. Scientific Organisation Internal A scientific organisation may collect specific internally generated data ...

... public authorities carry out their duties, why they make the decisions they do, and how they spend public money, but a major disadvantage of the act Is that it stops businesses finding out information which could be possibly relevant to ...

... for * who they are going to pass on the data to As well as following the rules above, the Data Users have to follow the eight Data Protection Principles. The act says that the data must: * be fairly and lawfully processed * ...

... different principles, these are the different points of the law that state what can and can't be done with regards to data, the eight principles are; - Data must not be acquired and processed unless there is a lawful reason to ...

... To abide by these regulations employers must> Analyse workstations and assess and reduce risks> Ensure workstations meet minimum requirements> Provide health and safety training for employees so they can use all areas of workstation equipment correctly> Arrange and pay for ...

... Data Protection Act reads that data discovered by one person to another person may only be used for the certain reason for which they were discovered. Information may only be kept for an appropriate length of time and must not ...

... held by a company is about a person, that information must only be used for the reason it was collected. This law applies to all businesses and organizations and all the records that ate kept. Unfortunately there are some exemptions for ...

... by the conference on e-commerce held in June 1998 by EC Commissioner Bangemann, that regulation on e-commerce should be kept to a minimum as the global nature of this commerce made government regulation impossible anyway: therefore industry self regulation was ...

... those people in the register entry 4. Be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which they are held 5. Be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date 6. Be held no longer than is ...