confidentiality. They are: • Data protection act 1998 • Access to personal files act 1987 • Access to medical records act 1990 The following have to follow legislation mentioned above: • Nurseries-private/government based/child minders/nannies • Hospitals-private/government funded • Schools-private/government funded • Doctor surgeries • Care homes • NHS Data protection act 1998 The Data protection act was developed to give protection and
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The Communications Decency Act The U.S. Government should not attempt to place restrictions on the internet. The Internet does not belong to the United States and it is not our responsibility to save the world‚ so why are we attempting to regulate something that belongs to the world? The Telecommunications Reform Act has done exactly that‚ put regulations on the Internet. Edward Cavazos quotes William Gibson says‚ "As described in Neuromancer‚ Cyberspace was a consensual hallucination that felt
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specific details. The result can reflect the level of learners’ cognitive ability and the development of communicative competence. II. Relevant theories The relevant theory concerning this communicative language test is speech act theory. Researches done in the area of speech act theory by linguists J. Austin and J. Searle have thrown light on
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Protection Act on e-marketing This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in March 2008. Topics • Advertising and marketing • Commercial The law relating to data protection is designed to regulate organisations known as data controllers who collect and process information relating to living and identifiable individuals and to provide those individuals with rights in relation to such data. In the UK the position is currently governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act")‚ which
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Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act‚ 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the
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Community Care legislation (The Disability Discrimination Act‚ People First‚ The Direct Payments Act) • The Disability Discrimination Act; this bans disability discrimination by employers against disabled job-seekers‚ discrimination from fellow employees and also by service providers against disabled service users. This is the main disability discrimination law‚ it imposes a duty on employers and service providers to make adjustments so that they can have access employment‚ access to and use of goods
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Effect of Force Majeure or Act of God If upon the happening of a fortuitous event or an act of God‚ there concurs a corresponding fraud‚ negligence‚ delay or violation or contravention in any manner of the tenor of the obligation as provided for in Article 1170 of the Civil Code‚ which results in loss or damage‚ the obligor cannot escape liability. It has been held that when the negligence of a person concurs with an act of God in producing a loss‚ such person is not exempt from liability by
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Americans with Disabilities Act University of Maryland‚ University College Human Resource Management HRHM 300 July 19‚ 2013 Americans with Disabilities Act Martina Navratilova (2013) said: “Disability is a matter of perception. If you can just do one thing well‚ you’re needed by someone.” With an estimated three hundred billion people in the United States‚ it would be impossible to find two people exactly alike. Differences are what set people apart from one another. This allows employers
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seek advice elsewhere. A Solicitor can refuse to act for a client as the followings:- 1. Breach of law or misconduct A solicitor who has accepted instructions to act is under a duty to uphold the law and to observe the rules of professional conduct; a client must accept these limitations on the performance of a retainer. 2. Competence to Act This obligation to refuse or to cease to act is a consequence of the ethical responsibility to act competently and promptly in carrying out any retainer
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international terrorism and to protect the homeland. This effort is the full body scans now being used for airport security. These efforts combat terrorism have brought the issue of privacy verses national security to the forefront. The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) currently up for reauthorization in Congress is an excellent example of another implementation of this debate. Some members of Congress argue that the bill does not do enough to protect privacy however‚ when looking over the provisions
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