17 - Consequences of Uses of Computers GapFill

There are various dimensions of computer science that explore the role of computers in wider society.  These are  logicallegalintrinsicethical (pertaining to whether something is right or wrong),  privacy-relatedenvironmentalmorallegal (meaning acts permitted or prohibited by acts of Parliament),  extrinsicculturalethicallegal (relating to how a society behaves in general) and  culturalextrinsicmoralenvironmental, an example of which would be the consequences of performing more mineral extraction or power generation than is necessary.

It's possible to break several laws using nothing more than a computer and an Internet connection.  The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act protects, in general,  logos and trademarksideas presented in writingintellectual propertyanything that can be written.  If you use too much of someone's registered invention, you've breached a  copyrighttrustpatentdesign.  If you use code, without permission, that has been created by someone else, you risk breaching  trustcopyrighttrademarkpatent.  Then there's the  Hacking ActComputer Misuse ActData Protection ActIllicit Communications Act, which prohibits unauthorised accessing of computer systems.

The  Data Regulations ActElectronic Communications ActData Protection ActComputer Misuse Act, along with GDPR (  General Data Protection RegulationGlobal Data Protection RegulationGlobal Digital Protection RegistrationGlobal Digital Protection Regulation), protects personal data relating to  any UK residentany individual, alive or deadany living individualany UK citizen ('personal' meaning able to identify the individual).