Health and Safety

The health and safety at work act (1974)

Electrical fire safety – no exposed cables.

No food and drinks near computers because it can course an electrical fire.

Smoke alarms in each room.

Ventilation in rooms should be well ventilated (16°- 24°).

Should work no more than 4 hours with no break and 1 hour on computers with no breaks.

cables are covered because they can be tangled and you could trip over them.

You are not allowed to charge you phones because you might have a faulty charging wire and it could possibly start a fire.
All chairs should all there wheels if they don't then they should be taken out if the class room.
Employee's have the right to a free eye test. 
Your employer should pay special attention to safe computer use in the workplace parts of this include making sure that the desk and the equipment are comfortable for use 

computer misuse act 

Keylogger: is a computer program that records every keystroke made by a computer user. 

Malware: is a software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.

Ransomware: is a type of software that is designed to block access until a sum of money is paid 

Vpn: virtual private network, an arrangement whereby a secure, apparently private network is achieved using encryption over a public network, typically the Internet.

Firewall: is a part of the computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access.

confidential information that is kept on computers is medical records, police records and personal identification. 

Screen display act

employers must carry out a risk assessment of workstations used by employers to reduce any identified risks.

employers must make sure that they have frequent breaks form the computer screens. 

Employers must provide their computer users with adequate health and safety training for any workstation they work at. computers can become dangerous when they start to get old because they can start to flicker this could start to cause a strobe effect which can effect people with epilepsy and seizures in some people.

copyright act

if you go onto the internet and search something it will most definitely would be copyrighted so if you use the music or image the is like the one that's been copyrighted you could be sued for a good amount of money. To not be sued you could ask the company for the permission of use. the news laws of copyright say that everything on the internet is classed as copyright unless it says otherwise. you can find the copyright information on the bottom of most websites. the person who has the copyright doesn't have to the person who made the work- but the person who owns it.