Wednesday, 20 April 2016

LO2: Legal and Ethical

Copyright Issues:

The website will have no copyright issues in terms of assets or information as the content has all been written by the school themselves or the government will have supplied information, which is mandatory to be put onto the site.

Asset List:

- Pictures of the school (outside and inside) and of the surrounding areas.
- Information that the school are wanting to be included on the pages, (newsletters, catchment area, what's going on).
- Logo of the school.
- Events/School calendar.
- Message from the head teacher on the home page.
- Contact information.
- Policies e.g. Uniform and behaviour.
- Slogan.
- Photos of things that happened in the school.
- Performance table and results.
- List of local things to do that could help with school work like the library.

Data Protection Act:

The data protection act makes sure that personal information is used appropriately by businesses, organisations and the government. 

In terms of my website, I will make sure that I responsibly use data so that I am not breaking this act. The data that I have to use will have to be...
  • used fairly and lawfully 
  • used for limited, specifically stated purposes 
  • used in a way that is adequate, relevant and not excessive 
  • accurate 
  • kept for no longer than is absolutely necessary 
  • handled according to people’s data protection rights 
  • kept safe and secure 
  • not transferred outside the European Economic Area without adequate protection 


The things that I could have to be aware in my data of are...
  • ethnic background
  • political opinions
  • religious beliefs
  • health
  • sexual health
  • criminal records

I will not be needing to consider some of these points as they don't fall into my category of website, but others like health I could have to consider as there could be information on vaccinations that could be happening in the school for the children.

There will be some issues if people with disabilities would be using my website. If I were to make any changes to accommodate this, I would make the writing a lot bigger in a separate version of the website for people with reading difficulties, for blind people wherever the mouse hovered over, it would make a sound of what was there, e.g. if the mouse was hovering over the head teachers introduction on the home page, a voice could say "Head teachers introduction, right click to read", then the user could right click and the paragraph would be read out loud for them.

There was a new cookie law introduced in 2014. The new law means that websites now need to get consent from visitors to store or retrieve any information on a PC, smartphone or tablet. If I were to use cookies on my website I would have to have a pop up asking for users permission to use them. 

(https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/the-data-protection-act)

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