Legal Issuess Revision

Freedom of Information act 2000

Organisations (Public Sector Organisations) such as the NHS, the Police, State Schools, Council are obliged to publish and make information available to the public. If they do not make such information available, a fine could be issued. Or they could be given an extension to make the required information available (usually a 30 day period). This is called a "Grace Period"

Data Protection Act 1998
Protecting Personal data, data needs to be encrypted, and the companies managing such data are not allowed to share the data without permission. If details are stored, they must be kept secure, if they are going to be published, the person's data should have been asked.

Libel
The writing of something that isn't true that is damaging to someone's reputation. Defamation. (Newspaper and magazine articles, social media also)

Slander
Similar too Libel, except instead of the written word, involves the spoken word (Interviews, the news)

Copyright, designs and patents act 1988
Gives copyright to someone copyright and ownership to someone or an organisation who has created something. (Media products include Music, Logos/Trademarks and Films/Books.) Similar to intellectual property, however different... You have ownership & control, but only for as long you own it.

Intellectual Property
If you create something in a company, you don't own it the company does.

If you want to manipulate someone's work, you would need to ask the person who created the product for their permission, you could gain their permission through sending an email, arranging a meeting or giving them a phone call.