Monday, 26 September 2016

Legal Issues Revision

Freedom of Information Act 2000
  • Act of organistaions etc public sector (NHS, Police, State run schools, Council) serves the public
  • Obligation to pubish/make available information of what they are doing
  • Public can ask for information
  • Pre- Production- news
  • Could be a fine as a consequence of not having he information available, a 30 day period to make he info public
Data Protection Act 1998
  • Protecting personal data like bank account details, health records, name and address
  • Encyption of all your data
  • Not allowed to be shared
  • Consequences could get a fine, prosecuted or sued
  • Need to make sure customers info is kept safe
  • E commerce (buying online), competitions, questionaires/ surveys 
Libel
  • Deformation, written content that is untrue or damaging to a persons reputation
  • Pre- production, magazines, newspapers, online content
  • Could be prosecuted
Slander
  • Spoken content that is untrue to a persons repuation
  • Chat show, Interview, News
  • Could be prosecuted
Copyrights, designs and Patents Act (1988)
  • Gives copyright/ownership to someone or an organasation who has created something
  • Music, Branding logos/trademarks, Books, Films
  • Could be fined up to £50,000
  • Controls how it is used by others
Intelluctual Property Rights
  • If you create something as your company the organasation has intelluctual property so they own it
  • Can be anything, you'd still get recognition
  • Could get prosecuted and copyright infringement could be filed
Permission
  • Email
  • Letter
  • Meeting
  • Phone call (All formal and professional)


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