week 2

4.1.5 Understand Equality legislation:

• the nine protected characteristics

• types of discrimination:

o direct

o indirect

o harassment

o victimisation

• where individuals are protected

• when to take action against discrimination

o time limits for claims.

4.1.6 Understand Intellectual Property legislation:

• unregistered designs

• registered designs

• patents.

4.1.7 Understand Electrical Waste legislation:

The WEEE regulations are a set of environmental regulations that are designed to ensure that any electrical equipment is recycled, reused, or disposed of in an ethical and non-environmentally impacting way. Within companies, any electrical material or devices are in most situations, disposed of in specialist bins that external contractors will take away and do the recycling of the materials if they cannot be reused again, however, in some situations, some of the electrical devices may need to be destroyed beyond any repair or reuse as these may store personal and sensitive information, and must be disposed of destructively.

In small groups of 2-3 reflect on the disposal of electrical equipment, research and discuss the main minerals found in most electrical devices and the current issue of e-waste in the UK.

o key features:

governs the safe and environmentally responsible disposal of electrical equipment

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations

• safe disposal

• environmentally responsible disposal.

4.1.8 Understand the interrelationships between digital support and security

and digital legislation, and make judgements about the impact on

organisations, society and individuals.

4.1.9 Know that international law applies to some offences:

• international law in cyberspace

• international law and surveillance.

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