EMS Creative iMedia Cambridge Nationals

1. Legislation
Lesson 12

2. Lesson Goals
 Know how the Data Protection Act governs data use
 Understand issues of privacy and defamation
 Be able to describe key legislative issues
#data #protection #act
#privacy #defamation

3. Data Protection Act
What do you think this act helps to protect?

4. Data Protection Act
 The data protection act is a piece of
law which governs the protection of
personal data in the UK.
 The DPA was created in 1998 and
has rules on what people can and
can’t do with data.
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 Sensitive data includes:
 Ethnic Background
 Political Opinions
 Religion
 Health
 Criminal Activity
 Personal data stored may include:
 Name
 Address
 Contact Info
 Medical Details
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#privacy #defamation

5. Data Protection Act
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 The DPA ensures companies make sure that your data is:
 Accurate
 Kept safe and secure
 Used fairly and lawfully
 Kept for no longer than necessary
 Used for a limited and specifically purpose
 Not transferred outside UK without protection
 Used in adequate, relevant and non-excessive way
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#privacy #defamation

6. Data Protection Act
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 You have a right to be able to:
 See what data is being held about you
 Change any data that is wrong
 Refuse to have some data stored
 Refuse to allow direct marketing
 Complain to Data Protection Commission
 Claim compensation for misuse of data
 You rights don’t allow you to see data
which may relate to the following:
 National Security
 Police Investigation
 Exam Results
#data #protection #act
#privacy #defamation

7. What is privacy?
Think about what the word actually means…

8. Privacy
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 Privacy is the right to be free from the
CASE STUDY
attention of other people.
In 2004 Naomi Campbell won a
court case against newspaper
group Trinity Mirror.
 Everyone has the right to a private life,
They published photographs of
her leaving a drug rehab clinic
in 2001.
 The Human Rights Act of 1998 is used
The court awarded her £3500
and claimed there had been a
breach of confidentiality.
however, celebrities may find this hard
to achieve.
to prevent publication of stories about
someone's private life.
#data #protection #act
#privacy #defamation

9. What is defamation?
Think about where you’ve heard this term before…

10. Defamation
CASE STUDY
Comedian Frankie Boyle won
£54,650 damages in 2012 from
the Daily Mirror after an article
described him as a racist.
He claimed the Daily Mirror
had misunderstood the context
of his jokes used in the show to
mock the attitude of racists.
Boyle was also compensated
for having to give up his job on
Mock the Week.
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 Defamation is when someone has said
something that would damage a good
reputation.
 Calling someone corrupt, dishonest,
lazy, unfaithful or criminal in a media
article could cause problems.
 The Defamation Act of 2013 tries to
balance the right to freedom of the
press and protection of reputation.
#data #protection #act
#privacy #defamation

11. Defamation Act
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 A statement is not defamatory unless
its publication has caused or is likely to
cause serious harm to the reputation
of the person claiming.
 The following defences can be given in
a claim against defamation:
 Truth
 Honest Opinion
 Matter of Public Interest
 Peer-Reviewed Academic Report
 Reports Protected by Privilege
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#privacy #defamation

12. Your Task
Understand data protection act
Describe privacy & defamation
 Describe the Data Protection Act and explain the following:
 What does it protect?
 What data is sensitive?
 What are you allowed to see?
 What can’t you see?
 Define the following terms:
 Privacy
 Defamation
 Extension: Find news stories that
link to privacy and defamation.
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#privacy #defamation

13. Key Words
 Data Protection Act
 A piece of law that helps protect
your personal data.
 Privacy
 Being free from the attention of
other people.
 Defamation
 Someone saying something that
would damage a good reputation.