COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Rule 1 COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Unauthorised access to computer material Rule 1 COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 Unauthorised access to computer material A person is guilty of an offence if ID: 512701
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Computing Legislation
COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990Slide2
Rule 1:
COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990
Unauthorised
access to computer material.Slide3
Rule 1:
COMPUTER MISUSE - ACT 1990
Unauthorised
access to computer material.
A person is guilty of an offence if
:
he
causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in a computer
;
the
access he intends to secure is unauthorized;
And he
knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that this is the caseSlide4
Rule 2:
COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990
Unauthorised
access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offencesSlide5
Rule 2:
COMPUTER MISUSE - ACT 1990
Unauthorised
access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences
A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1 above ("the unauthorized access offence")
- With intent to
commit an offence to which this section applies; or
- to
facilitate the commission of such an offence (whether by himself or by any other person) and the offence he intends to commit or facilitate is referred to below in this section as the further offence.Slide6
Rule 3:
COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990
Unauthorised
modification of computer material.Slide7
Rule 3:
COMPUTER MISUSE - -ACT 1990
Unauthorised modification of computer material.
A person is guilty of an offence
if
he
does any act which causes the unauthorized modification of the contents of any computer;
a
nd at
the time when he does the act he has the requisite intent and the requisite knowledge.Slide8
Rule 3:
COMPUTER MISUSE - -ACT 1990
Unauthorised modification of computer material.
For the purposes of the subsection above, the requisite intent is an intent to cause a modification of the contents of any computer and by so doing
:
to
impair the operation of any computer
;
to
prevent or hinder access to any program or data held in any computer;
or
- to
impair the operation of any such program or
the
reliability
of any such data
.