Monday, 23 September 2013

Codes of practise and regulation

Defamation/Libel/Slander

Defamation: Something offensive or insulting to an individual

Libel: The publication e.g. broadcast, radio/television, internet, newspapers

Slander: Word of mouth offensive things

Copyright: Copyright protects a businesses intellectual property marked with the ©, It applies to text, music, films or broadcast. The main law relating to copyright is the 1911 Copyright act. This enables creator of work to decide how its distributed, for example intellectual property can be sold to a third party. There is no single standard law world wide.

Data protection and privacy:

The data protection act 1988 protects personal information such as your address, phone number, email address.

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