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C1 Responsible use

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Which term describes the sales information a company collects about what customers buy, when they buy it and how much they spend?
Transactional data
What is meant by 'location-based data'?
Information about where a device is, collected using GPS to send adverts and services for that area
What is the name for a very small text file that a website stores on a user's device so it can recognise them when they return?
Cookie
What is meant by a 'third party cookie'?
A cookie created by an advertising or data collection company to track a user's browsing across many different websites
What is the name for the permission a customer gives an organisation before it shares their personal data with another company?
Consent
What is meant by 'data exchange'?
Changing data into a different format or structure so another service can use it
Which type of cookie is created by the website that the user is visiting and is used to manage logins and shopping baskets?
First party cookie
Under data protection law, what can happen to an organisation that fails to protect the personal data it holds?
It can be given a heavy fine
What is the name for the individual whose personal data an organisation is storing?
Data subject
Why is the use of cookies sometimes seen as a drawback for the user?
They record and track the user's online activity
How can a bank use a customer's location data to help protect them from fraud?
By matching the card's use to the customer's location
A supermarket analyses the transactional data collected from its loyalty cards. Which decision is this analysis most likely to support?
Which products should be reordered more often
Which is a drawback for an organisation of analysing the transactional data it collects?
Extra staff may be needed to extract and analyse the data
How can cookies benefit a customer who regularly shops on the same website?
They save the customer's login details for their next visit
Hospital staff are not allowed to look at the medical records of their own family members. Which principle of responsible use does this rule protect?
The duty to keep personal information confidential
A supermarket's loyalty card data shows that most customers shop between 5pm and 7pm on Fridays. How should the supermarket use this information?
Plan more staff to work at that time
Why can cookies be a security risk for the user?
They are stored on the user's device as text files that could be read
A user never deletes the cookies that websites have stored on their device. What is the likely effect over time?
The cookies take up storage space and can slow the device down
A user is worried that apps are tracking where they are. What is the most sensible action for them to take?
Switch off location services when they are not needed
A company's transactional data contains mistakes, such as the same sale being counted twice. What is the risk of using this data?
The company could make poor decisions based on wrong figures
A gym finds from its customer records that most of its members are aged over 60. How could it use this information?
Offer exercise classes aimed at older members
An organisation displays the trends in its transactional data using graphs. Why is this useful?
Trends and patterns are easier to identify
Which term describes the rules that legally require sellers and manufacturers to recycle the products they sell or make?
WEEE regulations
What is meant by 'e-waste'?
Discarded computers, phones and other digital devices, together with their parts and materials
What is the name for improving a computer by adding or swapping individual components rather than buying a whole new system?
Upgrading
What is the name for a setting that shuts a device down completely when it has been idle for a set period?
Auto power off
What is meant by 'power-saving mode'?
A setting that reduces the energy a device uses, for example by dimming the screen and limiting background activity
What is meant by a 'hard copy'?
A document that is printed on paper rather than stored or shared as a digital file
What is meant by a usage and settings policy?
Rules that tell staff how to use devices and save power
Old laptops that are sent to a landfill site can release toxic chemicals. Which of these is a toxic chemical found in e-waste?
Lead
Why does sending e-waste such as old computers to a landfill site contribute to climate change?
It releases methane and other toxic gases
Which environmental damage is caused by manufacturing a large number of new digital devices?
Mining for rare materials damages ecosystems
A business has old but working laptops it no longer needs. Which action is the most environmentally responsible?
Sell or donate them so they can be reused
A company is deciding whether to upgrade or replace its old computers. Which factor supports replacing them?
Software updates for the old computers have stopped
A member of staff works from home and wants to cut the electricity their laptop uses. Which setting should they use?
Set the laptop to auto sleep after ten minutes
A company needs to send the same report to 60 customers. Which method has the least environmental impact?
Email the report as an electronic attachment
A company's old computers keep breaking down and staff cannot work while they are being repaired. What is the main reason for replacing them?
To avoid downtime
A company replaces its old computers with newer models and its electricity bills fall. Why does this happen?
The newer computers are more energy efficient
A company has new computers made overseas and flown to the UK. Which environmental impact is caused by transporting them?
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels
Staff leave their computers switched on overnight even though nobody is using them. Which environmental impact does this cause?
Electricity is wasted, which increases carbon emissions
Why is burning old digital devices to recover the metals inside harmful to the environment?
It releases toxic fumes and carbon emissions