Computer Science

The law, data protection and copyright

Groups or individuals who will be affected by, or can change, the way that the technology is used

Which explanation of the word ‘stakeholder’ is most accurate?

The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that a company has five years during which it can hold an individual’s data.

The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that a company has to look after an individual’s data very carefully.

The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that an individual can request that an organisation erases all their personal data.

The right to be forgotten (part of GDPR) means that an individual does not have to remember to pay a company, but should be reminded.

Which explanation of the right to be forgotten is most accurate?

An algorithm, only once the source code has been created

Only tangible things like a picture or a hard copy of a book

Which of these can be protected by the Copyright, Design and Patents Act?

When the copyright holder has chosen to give up their copyright

When you have the copyright holder’s permission

When is it legal to copy, publish, distribute, or sell copyrighted material?

Open source software can be modified (provided it remains open source)

Proprietary software is usually distributed with its source code

Which of these statements are true about open source and proprietary software?