Legal Compliance
Maintaining robust cyber and information security and safety in your organisation – whatever its size or nature of its business – is vital for many reasons. Remaining legally compliant is a very important one. Apart from safeguarding against the many issues mentioned on this website, it can be easy to forget that breaches in security or simply poor controls can result in falling foul of the law.
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Always bear in mind the legal aspects of what you do concerning online activity and information systems. If something does not seem to be right, there are laws covering it.
This page briefly outlines some of the most common laws and regulations of which your organisation and / or its employees could be in contravention of or need protection through, as a result of insufficient knowledge or controls.
Data Protection Act
Relates to personal information on customers, employees, patients or other individuals
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
Relates to the rights of consumers and businesses to selecting what communications they wish or do not wish to receive, restrictions on the use of location data and similar areas
Computer Misuse Act
Relates to unauthorised access to computer systems, including hacking
Contract Law
Relates to obligations under contracts between organisations and / or individuals, which involve confidentiality, correct storage and handling of data and similar considerations
Intellectual Property
Relates to unauthorised copying or plagiarism of legally-protected material, content, designs, images and products and services
Illicit Material
The downloading, storage or transmission of content / images of an abusive, violent, sexual, hate, racist or homophobic nature by employees on your devices or systems
Fraud
Deception perpetrated online for the purpose of financial gain
