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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: vyper on July 07, 2004, 02:26:52 pm

Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: vyper on July 07, 2004, 02:26:52 pm

Being an undergrad (going into honours) I am continuously amused by  the standards I see in the IT industry, here, abroad and I'm quite sure in alien civilisations across the universe. In the latest item to be highlighted, http://www.bcs.org/ebulletin/040707/law/ , the BCS points out how little managers know about IT Law.

So, how much do those of u in IT know here?

Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: Flipside on July 07, 2004, 02:34:58 pm

hehehehe Tell me about it, most companies don't have a clue about the content or requirements of the Data Protection Act. I might print this out and give it to my Boss actually ;)

Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: vyper on July 07, 2004, 02:38:59 pm

:lol: They do have a book too you know.... :lol:

Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: aldo_14 on July 07, 2004, 04:24:55 pm

I did a class in 2nd year that covered the ethical and legal issues of law.  

Can't remember any of it, of course ;7

(edit - class not course)

Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: vyper on July 07, 2004, 04:35:38 pm

We get it as a half-module in honours year :lol:

Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: Martinus on July 07, 2004, 04:46:38 pm

[color=66ff00]Expecting the kind of people that rely on outlook express and IE to know this stuff?

Expect wrong...

Or something.
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Title: For those of you who work in IT
Post by: Flipside on July 07, 2004, 04:54:49 pm

Problems is theres Laws and Sub-Laws and Sub-clauses to Sub-Laws and By-Laws and Subclauses to By-Laws etc.

Nobody really knows what the rules are in the UK anymore, so the Police tend to react by decisively enforcing none of them :/ I'm not even sure who actually makes people aware of these laws, often companies only learn they exist when they are being taken to court :(

Since learning the laws became the responsibilty of the individual, the Lawmakes have been doing the Beaurocratic version of fretwanking :(