Task 1 Professional Ethics (40 marks) - Required Chris Wylie blew the whistle on the data profiling activities carried out by Cambridge Analytica. Data was collected and analysed from Facebook likes and users were then targeted with information that could influence how they voted. It has been said that Cambridge Analytica may have influenced the result of the election in the USA when Donald Trump was elected and may have influenced the leave the European Union vote in the United Kingdom. Present your arguments for and against the activities of Chris Wylie following the sections below: Describe what Chris Wylie did, what happened between Cambridge Analytica and Facebook and why it is an important contemporary issue. (10 marks | 500-word limit) Evaluate the actions of Chris Wylie from the point of view of Kantianism, Utilitarianism and Social Contract Theory. (15 marks | 500-word limit) Another way to evaluate information technology-related moral problems is to make use of a software code of ethics and professional practice. Consult the BCS code of conduct and identify those clauses that are relevant to the moral problem faced by Chris Wylie. Determine whether the actions of Chris Wylie align with or contradict the statements in the BCS code. (10 marks | 500-word limit) Reach a conclusion about the morality of Chris Wylies actions overall. (5 marks | 500-word limit)

Task 2

Information Privacy (20 marks) - Option 1

• You have become the secretary of your local running group which has over 300 members. The secretarys job involves storing the personal information of members (such as name, email, address etc.) in a database. You also record information on their results in competitions and this information is published on the groups web pages. Their age and gender are particularly important for age group prizes. What do you need to be careful of as regards the current Data Protection Act? Mention the differences between personal and sensitive data in your answer and which of the DPA principles apply in this case. (20 marks | 1000-word limit)