Technology and Cyber law
Answer ONE of the following FOUR questions:
“No single government or national regulatory authority can protect citizens from cybercrime and online harms because internet technologies do not recognise national or jurisdictional boundaries. International cooperation offers the only viable way to combat malicious use of the internet”.
Critically analyse and evaluate this statement.
OR
“The Computer Misuse Act was created in 1990, when only 0.5% of the UK population had internet access. At the time, it was a landmark piece of legislation; 30 years later, it is in desperate need of reform as part of a general overhaul of the laws relating to cybercrime and online harms” (Lord Holmes of Richmond). Critically analyse and evaluate this statement.
OR
“UK legislation relating to personal data protection and investigatory powers strikes a fair and workable balance between privacy and surveillance and provides individual data subjects with meaningful legal protection”. Critically analyse and evaluate this statement.
OR
“Liability for harm caused by autonomous vehicles or by systems employing artificial intelligence is adequately dealt with by the law relating to product safety, contract and tort”.
Critically analyse and evaluate this statement.
⦁ Assessment Learning Outcomes
(a) Understand and critically evaluate the way that the law has responded to the use of computers, the Internet and other electronic technologies;
(b) Apply the principles of intellectual property, contract and criminal law in the analysis of complex issues raised by the use of information technology and e-commerce;
(c) Investigate, analyse and evaluate current legal issues arising from developments in information technology.
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