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Health & Safety at work act 1974

Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity Barbara Castle introduced an Employed Persons (Health and Safety) Bill in 1970 but the debate around the Bill soon generated a belief that it did not address fundamental issues of workplace safety. In the same year, the Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed into United States federal law. As a result, a committee of inquiry chaired by Lord Robens was established towards the end of Harold Wilson's first government, October 1964 - June 1970. When the Conservative Party came to power following the United Kingdom general election, 1970, they gave Castle's Bill no parliamentary time, preferring to wait for the Robens Report which was published in 1972. Conservative Secretary of State for Employment William Whitelaw introduced a new Bill on 28 January 1974 but Labour were returned to power in the United Kingdom general election, February 1974 and the Bill again lost. The new Labour administration finally secured the passage of a Bill that year.

the health and safety at work act is an act that was made by the british government. this act defines the fundamental structure and authority for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace Health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom.

The Act defines general duties on employers, employees, contractors, suppliers of goods and substances for use at work, persons in control of work premises, those who manage and maintain them, and persons in general. This Act provides a critical interface with the law of the European Union on workplace health and safety, and if this act is used badly in any way then there can be penalties of unlimited fines or even prison sentences.

Data Protection act 1984

The Data Protection Act 1984 has now been replaced by the Data Protection Act 1998,

which is based on the European Data Protection Directive. The 1998 Act applies to both
manual and computerised personal files and requires transparency in the use of
information and emphasises the need for privacy and access by individuals. Information
on how to make a request for access to personal data under the Act may be obtained
from the Human Resources Officer.

The primary purpose of current data protection legislation is to protect individuals

against possible misuse of information about them held by others. in our colleges state It is the policy of the College to ensure that all members of the College and its staff are aware of the
requirements of data protection legislation.

There are eight principles put in place by the Data Protection Act 1998 to make sure
that individual’s information is handled properly. These principles require that personal
data shall:

be fairly and lawfully processed;be processed for limited purposes

 

be adequate, relevant and not excessive

 

be accurate and kept up-to-date

 

not be kept for longer than is necessary

 

be processed in accordance with data subject's rights

 

be kept secure

 not be transferred to countries without adequate protection.

Copyright, Designs and Patents 1988

Copyright gives the creators of some types of media rights to control how they're used and distributed. Music, books, video and software can all be covered by copyright law.
When you buy software, for example, copyright law forbids you from:

giving a copy to a friend
making a copy and then selling it
using the software on a network (unless the licence allows it)
renting the software without the permission of the copyright holder

Software companies take many steps to stop software piracy

An agreement between the company that developed the software and the user must be agreed before the software is installed. This is called the license agreement and covers copyright.
Certain pieces of software require a unique licence key to be entered before the installation will continue.
Some applications or programs will only run if the media (CD / DVD) is in the drive.
Some applications or programs will only run if a special piece of hardware called a dongle is plugged into the back of the computer.

FAST was founded in 1984 by the software industry and is now supported by over 1,200 companies. It is a not-for-profit organisation with an aim to prevent software piracy and has a policy of prosecuting anyone found to be breaching copyright law.
FAST also works to educate the public about good software practice and legal requirements.