S4 ICT: Data Privacy And Intellectual Property (Paper 2 (intermediate))

S4 ICT: Data Privacy and Intellectual Property (Paper 2 (intermediate))

2026-11-14

Tutor Prep Guide · the six data protection principles of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, the forty-day limit for data access requests, consent for direct marketing, copyright for life plus fifty years, a twenty-year standard patent, registered designs up to twenty-five years, ten-year trade mark terms, fair dealing and open source licences

S4 ICT: Data Privacy and Intellectual Property (Paper 2 (intermediate))

Paper 2 (intermediate): ten questions on data privacy and intellectual property, with answers and notes.

Direct answers　Level: S4 ICT; format: the six data protection principles, data access requests, copyright and patent terms, design and trade mark renewal, licensing.

01　Paper details (check answers afterwards)

Item	Detail
Questions	10
Suggested time	20
Difficulty mix	Foundation 3 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 3 · Error redo 1
Chapter	Chapter: S4 ICT: Data Privacy and Intellectual Property
Level	S4

02　Questions (10 items)

FoundationAn author dies in 1980. In which year does copyright normally expire?
FoundationWhich of the six principles is the use limitation principle?
FoundationWhat must a data user do before using customer personal data for direct marketing?
IntermediateA standard patent is filed in 2015. In which year does the 20-year term end?
IntermediateA registered design starts with a 5-year term. After 5 renewals, how many years in total?
IntermediateHow many broad civil remedies are usual for copyright infringement: injunction, damages and an account of profits?
ChallengeThree lesson recordings last 45 minutes each. What is the total length in minutes?
ChallengeOut of 1 200 students, 300 consent to marketing. What percentage is that?
ChallengeIf a data user ignores a data access request for more than 40 days, where can the individual complain?
Error redoA student claims open source software can always be used commercially without conditions. What is wrong?

03　Answers and one-line notes

#	Answer	One-line note
1	2030	1980 plus 50 is 2030, so protection ends at the close of 2030 and the work enters the public domain.
2	DPP3, the third principle	DPP3 limits use to the purpose stated at collection or a directly related purpose, unless fresh consent is obtained.
3	Obtain the individual consent and tell them the purpose and whether third parties will receive the data	Part VIA requires clear consent before marketing, an opt-out route, and an explanation the first time new data is used.
4	2035	2015 plus 20 is 2035.
5	25 years	The first 5 years plus 5 renewals of 5 years each gives 25 years, which is the maximum.
6	3	The owner may seek an injunction, damages, or an account of the infringer profits, and these can be combined.
7	135 minutes	Three times 45 is 135 minutes, that is 2 hours 15 minutes.
8	25%	300 out of 1 200 is 0.25, that is 25%, and the other 900 must not be marketed to.
9	The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD)	The Commissioner may serve an enforcement notice with a deadline; failing to comply with it is an offence.
10	Wrong: it depends on the licence; GPL for example requires derivative works to stay open under the same terms	Open source only means the source is available; a licence may still require attribution, share-alike, or forbid locking it down, so the terms must be checked before commercial use.

04　What to do after marking

After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.

First ask whether the data can identify a living individual, then walk the six principles from collection to deletion; for intellectual property always give both the term and its starting point, filing date for patents and year of death for copyright.Tutor Registration →

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