There are legal and ethical issues surrounding how digital systems and personal data are managed 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 freelance graphic designer copies proprietary digital artwork from a competitor's online portfolio to use in their own commercial advertising campaign. | Copyright infringement / Intellectual property theft |
| A smart fitness tracker company leaks unencrypted user GPS coordinates and heart-rate history onto a public server due to a database configuration error. | ____________________ |
| An office worker uses a packet sniffer on the corporate Wi-Fi network to intercept a manager's login token and read their private email inbox. | ____________________ |
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.