Data Protection Issues For Intranets And Web Sites  

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Pedley, Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Business Information Review vol. 19 no. 3 (Sep. 2002), page 41-49.
Fulltext: 41.pdf (135.39KB)

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Individuals have become increasingly concerned about data protection issues in recent years and due largely to the Internet, where there have been concerns about the level of unsolicited commercial Email ("spam") received and the amount of personal data about themselves which has been processed via the Web without their knowledge. The Internet and electronic commerce has created potential threats to consumers' privacy on an unprecedented scale. The principles of good information handling that are aimed at protecting against such abuses appear in Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998, where the eight data protection principles are that data must be: processed fairly and lawfully; for limited purposes (notified to the Commissioner and the data subject); adequate, relevant and not excessive; accurate; not kept for longer than is necessary; processed in line with the data subject's rights; kept secure; and not transferred to countries without adequate protection. In addition, the Office of the Information Commissioner has produced some guidance relating to the protection of privacy on the Internet specifies that, in using the Internet for their business dealings, data controllers must take into account the privacy rights of individuals and their own responsibilities under privacy and data protection legislation. This was followed in June 2001 by some compliance advice concerning Web sites where to be fair, Web site operators must ensure that individuals are aware of: the identity of the person or organization responsible for operating the Web site; the purposes for which the data are to be processed; and any other information that is needed in order to ensure the fairness of the processing of the data. Pays particular attention to such issues as: data protection and privacy statements; direct marketing applications; cookies; Web bugs; junk Email and spam; and data security.

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