Which of the following statements are valid? A. Providing customers' personal…
2023
Which of the following statements are valid?
A. Providing customers' personal information stored in a computer to an insurance agent by a vehicle servicing centre is a privacy issue.
B. Providing a copy of single-user licensed software to another party is a piracy issue related to ownership.
C. Unauthorized access to another person's computer is both illegal and unethical.
D. The 'right to use' a piece of software is termed Copyright.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: D. A, B and C only — ConceptPrivacy governs how personal data is collected, used, and disclosed. Software piracy involves copying or distributing software beyond the permission…
- A.
A and D only
- B.
B and C only
- C.
B and D only
- D.
A, B and C only
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Correct answer: D
Concept
Privacy governs how personal data is collected, used, and disclosed. Software piracy involves copying or distributing software beyond the permission granted by its licence.
Unauthorized computer access violates legal and ethical duties. Copyright is an intellectual-property right held by the owner; a licence is the permission that gives a user the right to use the software.
Application
Statement A is valid: a service centre disclosing a customer’s stored personal information to an insurance agent raises a privacy issue because data is shared with a third party.
Statement B is valid: giving another party a copy covered by a single-user licence exceeds the permitted use and is software piracy/licence infringement.
Statement C is valid: accessing another person’s computer without authorization is unlawful and breaches computer ethics.
Statement D is not valid: the right to use software is granted by a licence; copyright denotes the owner’s intellectual-property right in the software.
Contrast
A and D only includes the licensing–copyright conflation in D and leaves out the valid statements B and C.
B and C only leaves out the privacy issue identified in A.
B and D only includes the licensing–copyright conflation in D and leaves out the valid statements A and C.
A, B and C only includes all three valid statements and excludes D.
Result
Therefore, the valid statements are A, B and C only.