Wednesday 23 January 2008

Legal Aspects of the internet

Legal Aspects of the Internet
Task 1

1. Websites have to comply with the DDA because it make sure that the Internet is suitable for everyone.
2. It came into force on 1st October 1999 and the final part of the force came in October 2004.
3. The penalties for non-compliance are they can go to court and they will launch a formal investigation.
4. The site you would use to make a complaint are
www.out-law.com
5. The types of disabilities you have take into account when designing a web page are if they are blind or deaf

Task 2

1. The three out of the eight principles of the Data Protection Act are:
Personal data must be kept up to date where necessary and accurate.
Personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under this Act.
Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.

2. The Data Protection Act applies to personal information and anyone who has your personal details like bank account or credit card details.

This is the one of the bad websites.
http://www.bow-wowbooks.com/

Friday 11 January 2008

Product Reviews

this is about differnet packages and protection you can get.

Security suites

McAfree security suite

v Source: http://www.mcfreestore.com/
v Price: £25
v What you get:
v How long it lasts: a long time
v Ease of installation: easy to instal
v Ease of Use: easy to use
v Appearance: there is not to much things to work out
v How effective it is: the best reliability of money
v Technical support offered: none
v Screen shoot:
v Other information: the minimum requirements is windows 2000, 256Mb and 200Mb
v Recommendation: good to follow and easy to use and install


Zone Alarm Software

Source: http://www.which.co.uk/ or http://www.zonealarm.com/
Price: £0
What you get: Free upgrades, free downloads
How long it lasts: 1 year
Ease of installation: easy
Ease of Use: easy set up and use
Appearance: it my be a bit confusing to some people
How effective it is: it is effective
Technical support offered: None
Screen shoot:
Other information: it identity of theft victim assistants
Recommendation: you can get better protection for buying and selling online


Filtering packages

Scrub IT

Source: http://www.scrubit.com/
Price: Free
What you get: they block out any wrong sites
How long it lasts: ever
Ease of installation: yes no signing up is necessary
Ease of Use: yes it is easy
Appearance: a lot of text but not to confusing
How effective it is: very effective it stops children going on sites they are not allowed
Technical support offered: None
Screen shoot:
Other information: you need windows XP or 2000
Recommendation: I would pick this on because it blocks site that are suitable of kids.

Surf control

Source: http://www.surfcontrol.com/
Price: £0
What you get: None
How long it lasts: a long time
Ease of installation: does not really say
Ease of Use: yes you can go into partner ship
Appearance:
How effective it is: it is very effective because it got a cost monitor to help them
Technical support offered: None
Screen shoot:
Other information: none
Recommendation: good if your more in the business line than at home