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OCR H446 1.5.1 Legislation mastery and transfer
Part 4 of 5 · H446 1.5.1 · Computing related legislation
Real situations rarely engage a single law, and OCR H446 1.5.1 rewards students who keep separate actions as separate chains of reasoning. This consolidation worksheet puts data protection, computer misuse, copyright and investigatory powers into multi-action scenarios and drills one response structure: the fact, the Act, the action or principle it engages, then the consequence.
Students will:
- select the most directly relevant law for each fact in a mixed list
- analyse one scenario in which three different laws may each apply
- explain why a licence does not make an unlawful acquisition lawful
- distinguish the problems that changed facts remove from those that remain
- set out a repeatable method for choosing legislation in an unfamiliar scenario
Inside: 5 explanation cells, 2 fill-in-the-blanks cells and 6 written answers. 47 marks, about 55 to 70 minutes.
Series: H446 1.5.1 · Computing related legislation, part 4 of 5.
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Computing-related legislation mastery and transfer
Complete the sections in order, beginning with closed-book retrieval and then applying the ideas in the integrated contexts. No new required knowledge is introduced.
Begin closed-book. No new law is introduced. The task is to select from facts, apply accurately and distinguish illegal from unethical.
Closed-book response routine
For every legal chain, write: scenario fact → Act → relevant action, principle or power → contextual consequence. Keep separate actions as separate chains when more than one law may apply.
Worked structure reminder
A response saying only ‘Computer Misuse Act’ stops at identification. A developed response states that entering the named restricted server exceeded the person's authorisation, so the Act applies to that specific unauthorised access. Use the same factual precision for copyright permission, personal-data processing and investigatory powers.
- Computer Misuse Act
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
- Data Protection Act
- RIPA
- ethical concern
For each fact below, state the most directly relevant law and explain its application: (a) guessed staff password; (b) copied paid illustration; (c) retained applicant medical data indefinitely; (d) targeted covert surveillance by an authorised public body.
Use law → action/principle/power → consequence. A law name alone earns no application mark.
Students type their answer here.
A model-training company enters a restricted photo archive using a leaked password, copies protected portraits and stores identifiable faces without a stated retention period. Analyse how three laws may apply.
Keep each legal trigger separate. Do not use ‘illegal’ as the explanation.
Students type their answer here.
The archive owner later grants access and licences the photographs, but people in the portraits were never told their images would train the model. Explain why the changed facts may remove some legal problems yet leave data-protection or moral concerns.
Separate permission to access/use a work from treatment of identifiable people and fairness/consent expectations.
Students type their answer here.
Apply the ideas together
The next section combines earlier ideas in a changed context. Complete it independently and consult a specific model only after identifying the step that needs repair.
A researcher receives a dataset under a licence that permits analysis, but the data was originally obtained through unauthorised access. Explain why the licence does not automatically make the acquisition lawful.
Trace who had authority to grant which permission.
Students type their answer here.
A regulator proposes covert monitoring of every employee in an industry after one anonymous allegation. Give a balanced recommendation.
Use body/purpose/power/benefit/privacy/safeguard, then judge the proposed scope.
Students type their answer here.
Write a four-step method a student can use to choose and apply legislation in an unfamiliar examination scenario.
The method should work even when several Acts are relevant.
Students type their answer here.
Review your responses
Check every response against its command word and the supplied constraints. Strengthen unsupported answers with accurate method, mechanism, state or contextual consequence before submitting.