A leaked list
A clinic's patient list is stolen. It holds names, home addresses and the reason each person visited.
A criminal uses the names to open a bank account. An employer finds out one person's illness and does not hire them.
The harm is to people, not only to the clinic.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Personal data | Any information about a living person who can be named or found. |
| Privacy | A person's right to keep their own affairs to themselves. |
| Identity theft | Using another person's details to pretend to be them, usually to get money. |
| Prejudice | An unfair opinion about people, based on a group they belong to. |
| Data subject | The person the data is about. |
| Right | Something the law says a person may ask for or do. |
| Erasure | Deleting data. |
| Portability | Being able to take your data and reuse it somewhere else. |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation: the law that sets the rules for using personal data. |
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By the end of this lesson
Note
I can say how protecting data helps people, and name and explain the rights a person has under the Data Protection Act 2018.
Starter: harm to organisations
Have a go
Starter: harm to organisations
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.
Cycle 1: why it matters to everyone
Personal information must be protected for four reasons.
- Privacy and security. People have a right to keep their lives to themselves.
- Protection from prejudice. If health, religion or origin leaks, people can be treated unfairly.
- Equal opportunities. Jobs, loans and homes should not depend on leaked or wrong information.
- No identity theft. Stolen names, dates of birth and addresses are used for fraud.
Worked example: the leaked clinic list
| Reason | What goes wrong |
|---|---|
| Privacy | Strangers learn why a person visited a clinic |
| Prejudice | An employer treats a patient differently |
| Equal opportunity | A wrong record makes a loan harder to get |
| Identity theft | A criminal opens an account in a patient's name |
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Check: which reason?
Have a go
Check: which reason?
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.