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Administrative Theory and Practice
Quick questions on Workplace legislation and compliance - SQA Higher Administration and IT
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What is data protection?Show answer
Data-protection law (the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR) governs how organisations handle personal data. Data must be kept accurate and up to date, held securely, used only for the purpose it was collected, not kept longer than necessary, and processed lawfully and fairly. The people whose data is held have rights, including to see their data and have errors corrected. Administrators handle personal data daily, so this is central to the role.
What is equality?Show answer
The Equality Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against employees or others on protected grounds such as age, sex, race, disability, religion or sexual orientation, in recruitment, pay, promotion, training and treatment, and requires equal pay for equal work.
What is computer misuse?Show answer
The Computer Misuse Act makes it a criminal offence to gain unauthorised access to computer material (for example "hacking" or using someone else's login), to access it intending to commit a further offence, or to make unauthorised changes to data (for example introducing a virus or altering records).
What is q1?Show answer
Name two areas of workplace legislation an organisation must comply with. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Describe two strategies an organisation could use to ensure compliance with the law. [4 marks]
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