OCR A level (H046-H446) SLR 16 – Computer Related Legislation

It includes:

• Student Learning Record (A3 version in word)
• Student Learning Record (PDF version)
• Student Learning Record (PowerPoint version)
• Student Learning Record (Exemplars)
• Set of student activities and workshops with answers
• Answers to the exam questions from the back of the SLR
• Teacher Marking Checklist
• Year 13 Recap Lesson

This topic covers:

H046

• 1.5.1 a-d Computing related legislation

H446

• 1.5.1 a-d Computing related legislation

Specific knowledge required for AS and A Level:

• Candidates need to have an understanding of the need for and purpose of laws relating to the use of computers.
• Candidates should be familiar with the purpose and role of the Data Protection Act.
• Candidates will need to understand the different rules that are within the DPA and how these impact the use of computers and the storage of data by organisations. This should include what organisations can and cannot do.
• Candidates need to understand the purpose and principles of the Computer Misuse Act, including the actions that it prohibits.
• Candidates need to understand the purpose and principles of the Copyright and Patents Act, including the actions that it prohibits.
• Candidates need to understand the purpose and principles of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and what this allows in interception and monitoring of electronic communication.
• Candidates need to understand how the regulations impact organisations and the use of computers and electronic communication.
• We are aware the law is constantly changing and some of the mentioned laws/acts (most notably the DPA) are likely to change over the course of the specification. Answers will be accepted that use an interpretation of the law based on when the specification was started or when the examination was sat.
• Please note, a question that requires an extended response can be asked from any area within the specification. These questions are assessed using a level of response framework, where the response requires specific areas to have been covered to allow it to reach that level. In this area of the specification, for example, a question may be asked on the social and ethical impacts of a specific technology in a specific scenario or context. To gain the highest level, candidates would need to discuss whichever moral or social elements are relevant in the question, and because there is a context, every point they make should be in the context given, or related after to the context. If the question requires a judgement, or conclusion, then this needs to be given and justified against the context given.