Homework due on October 5, 2006

Welcome back to the blogs. This is the first entry of the 2006-2007 school year. On Thursday of next week we are going to discuss data protection. To prepare, please read pages 176-177 and answer the following questions:

1. List 4 ways to protect data. (4 points)
2. Why is the data protection act important. (4 points)
3. Explain the difference between data subjects and data controllers. (2 points)
4. Give 2 ways the Data Protection Act works. (2 points)
5. What rights do individuals have regarding the information that is held about them? (2 points)

Good Luck!