There are legal and ethical issues surrounding how digital systems and personal data are managed, processed, and secured.
Complete the table with a suitable ethical or legal issue for each situation.
One row has been completed for you.
| Situation | Legal or ethical issue |
|---|---|
| A smart home company transfers user location profiles to third-party marketing firms without the users' knowledge or explicit consent. | Breach of consent / Data Protection Act (GDPR) violation (unlawful processing) |
| A health-tracking app developer stores unencrypted patient medical logs on an unsecured public cloud server, leading to a leak of sensitive health profiles. | |
| An IT support worker uses administrative privileges to bypass access controls and read private emails of company executives to find out about upcoming redundancies. | |
Practise Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Ethical and legal with exam-style questions for GCSE Computer Science. 35 questions covering Ethical and legal issues of personal data, Issues of AI, machine learning and robotics, and Intellectual property protection methods, matched to the Edexcel GCSE Computer Science (1CP2) specification and written in Paper 1 and Paper 2 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.