legal issue revision

freedom of information 2000

under the freedom of information act the public can ask for information

obligation to publish

we have a right to information from public sectors (payed for by the tax payer)

• fire service
• NHS
• police

the consequences of not adhering tot he freedom of information act is a

• large fine
• a grace period to make that information available to the public

data protection act 1998

personal informaton

• bank account detail
• religion/belief
• health records
• name
• address

a company must encrypt all of your personal information to keep it safe

a company can not share your information

the consequences for not adhering tot this is potentially fined sued or even a prison sentence

this is important for pre production because if we are holding a consumers personal info it must be safe i.e

• neflix,
• amazon buying,
• surveys/questionnaires

liable

A written statement about someone that is damaging to a persons reputation this is a form of defamation

this is applicable to written forms of media i.e newspaper, websites, posters etc

slander

untrue things that are said about a person that could be damaging this is a for form of deformation

this is applicable in video media i.e news interview.

copyright, designs and patents act 1988

this gives someone the right to something they have made i.e music and prevent someone else from using it

this protects someones work from being stolen

you can control how it is used

depending on what you make depends on how long you have the rights to the product

intellectual property

very similar to copyright.

if you create something for a company they own the intellectual properties rights 

this could be anything that you create music, painting, etc

permission

• email
• letter
• meeting
• phone call