Societal Impacts
CBSE · Class 12 · Informatics Practices
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Topics in Societal Impacts
Digital Footprints and Digital Society
- A digital footprint is the trail of data left behind during online activity and transactions.
- Digital footprints can be active or passive.
- Active digital footprint is an intentional online data trail, such as sending emails, posting online, or submitting information on a website or app.
Data Protection, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing
- Data protection is mainly about privacy of digitally stored information.
- Sensitive data includes biometric information, health information, financial information, and other personal documents, images, audio, or video.
- Data protection uses secure methods such as encryption and authentication so that information is accessible only to authorised users.
Cyber Crime and Cyber Safety
- Cyber crime is a crime in which computer is the medium of crime or the computer is used as a tool to commit crimes.
- Cyber crimes may cause physical harm, financial loss, or mental harassment.
- Hacking is unauthorised access to a computer, network, or digital system.
Indian IT Act and Legal Protection
- The Information Technology Act, 2000 provides guidelines on processing, storage, and transmission of sensitive information.
- The IT Act was amended in 2008.
- The IT Act gives recognition to electronic records and digital signatures.
Key Concepts
Central concept: Societal Impacts of Digital Technologies
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- NCERT Official — ncert.nic.in
- CBSE Academic — cbseacademic.nic.in
- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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