2.2.2+Databases+CARTER

=2.2.2 Databases CARTER= Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of databases and spreadsheets. These may include: • privacy of information in different cultures • rights of individuals with respect to the storage of personal data • social consequences of outdated or incorrect data stored in databases • social consequences of the release of sensitive data stored in databases • legislation on access and use of database information in different countries • responsibility for the security of data stored in databases from different perspectives, for example, the developer, the user and the management of an organization • accountability for the negative social effects caused by insecure databases • ethical issues related to the collection and use of personal data • ethical issues related to the selling of data stored in databases. || **//Knowledge of technology //** In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of ** databases **, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include the following. //Design and creation concepts // • Key terms—field, key field, record, search, query, sort, database management system, mail merge • Flat-file database versus relational database • Paper files versus electronic files • Data redundancy and data integrity • Updating data //<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-It; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-It;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-It; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-It;"> Storage and access concepts // • <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-Regular;">Data transfer between a database and a spreadsheet • <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-Regular;">Search and the use of the Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT) • <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-Regular;">Data mining/data matching //<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-It; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-It;">Presentation concepts // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-It; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-It;"> • <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-Regular;">Report generation • <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; msobidifontfamily: MyriadPro-Regular;">Special-purpose databases, for example, personal information managers, encyclopedias, library systems
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