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Privacy and surveillance

In this lesson, we will discover the reality and limitations of privacy and surveillance. We will learn the laws that protect us directly, and others that enable the security services to protect us from harm. We will then think about the tension that exists between these two sets of laws. In addition, we will consider the different technology that we encounter in our daily lives and the privacy implications of these. Finally, we will learn about how intrusive social media is in its harvesting of data, and become more informed about the data that they are making available through our engagement with technology, as well as the, environmental impacts of social media.

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Lesson 5: Privacy and Surveillance

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Q1.Which two acts are designed to protect us from having our privacy exploited for nefarious or exploitative commercial purposes?

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Q2.The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 specifies the following

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Q3.The following statement describes which Act? “It allows any Secretary of State to give secret directions to Ofcom or any providers of public electronic communications networks. For example, after the 9/11 attacks, our National Security Agency MI5 used the act to collect bulk telephone communications data.”

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Q4.Businesses need to register to use CCTV with which organisation?

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Q5.Who could use or access your web browser history?

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Quiz:

Lesson 5: Privacy and Surveillance

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Which two acts are designed to protect us from having our privacy exploited for nefarious or exploitative commercial purposes?

1/5

Q2.The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 specifies the following

2/5

Q3.The following statement describes which Act? “It allows any Secretary of State to give secret directions to Ofcom or any providers of public electronic communications networks. For example, after the 9/11 attacks, our National Security Agency MI5 used the act to collect bulk telephone communications data.”

3/5

Q4.Businesses need to register to use CCTV with which organisation?

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Q5.Who could use or access your web browser history?

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Lesson summary: Privacy and surveillance

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