When a company is either extracting the information they have obtained or using it to optimise their performance there are several legal acts they need ensure they are not breaching by doing so. These are the Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of the Information Act 2000 and the Computer Misuse act 1990. Data Protection Act 1998 The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable
Affirmative Action in Employment The Universal Human Rights declaration states that all human beings have a natural right to equal freedoms thereby providing the basis for proactive measures to guarantee the enjoyment of equal rights in employment. Discourse on the controversial employment edicts of affirmative action and exceptions to the at-will employment doctrine signify the ambiguity in the implementation of the declaration on equal freedoms. White-male employees feel that the preferential
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT UNIT 6 INTRODUCTION From time in history, debate over what age one should be employed and at what age one should retire from working has always been divisive to say the least. Consequently, the debate of how employers should treat applicants and employee already on duty has sparked a debate from West to East, and North to South of the globe. Legislation is enacted to enforce equality and non-discrimination of older people in employment. Consciously, the globe is going
Why me? The simple fact of having an unprotected computer network, law enforcement not up to par, and a challenge is all a hacker needs to cash in; sometimes personal, but for the most part, just business as usual. Hackers once admired in the 1960’s are now dangerous and a threat to big box corporations, small businesses, and personal computer users. Data breaches are the most lucrative business for hackers still. An example of data breaching is Computer Memory Racking or also known as memory
confidentiality is encryption. Encryption makes sure that only the authorized person can have access to information. To implement confidentiality in your company most things to do is classification into different levels. Each security level must have their own security restrictions. This component is also closely linked with privacy. Ensuring confidentiality means that information is organized in terms of who ought to have access as well as its sensitivity. Example: A breach of confidentiality may take
when incorrect personal information is used or disclosed. 7) Safeguards: Health care organizations must protect personal information from loss or theft. They must create safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. 8) Openness: Health care organizations must make their privacy policies readily available to Canadians. 9) Individual Access: Canadians have the right to ask and challenge the accuracy of their personal information by the health care organizations
to organization, also known as business ethics. What is Ethics according the Business dictionary? It is the basic principles that direct human’s behavior. It is basically the rules that one has to adhere to in order to distinguish between what is right from wrong such as the broadly known rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (David, 2011), or the Ten the commandments in the Bible (Also known as religious ethics). Well, moving onto the business ethics it is simply defined as written
self-trained and very hardworking. It is a hard job that requires excellent communication skills, the ability to handle stress and continually keeping up-to-date on the changes in procedures and laws in the fields. You contribute to the health of the business by keeping the provider’s schedule booked with appointments so patients can receive their care in a timely manner, ensuring the patient’s demographic and insurance information is updated in the computer, and accurately documenting how the patient
The internet has become part of our everyday lives, from social networking to online transactions. Your privacy is threatened every day. However is our privacy threatened by our own government? According to the pew research data 56% of Americans say that it is acceptable for the NSA to run through millions of Americans phone records in order to prevent terrorism. (Pew Research Center) Many people still believe that the government has no business in our lives, yet many people including our government
Nowadays, the computer has replaced manual records, and the fraudulent input document has been substituted by manipulating data held in a computer system. This manipulation does not need to be sophisticated. Computers have become the mainstay of business and government processes. Business has been using them for years