Very Short Answer -Class 10- Computer Science-Chapter 3: Cyber ethics

Q1. What do you understand by privacy of data in e-commerce context ?

Ans: In e-commerce context, privacy of data is related to a company’s policies on the use of user data. An e-commerce company must clearly state how it intends to use the data collected from the customer and whether the customer can restrict the use of personal information.

Q2 What role does consumer consent play in implementing the privacy of user data?

Ans: Consumer consent plays a vital role in implementing the privacy of consumer data. Consumer consent decides what information can and cannot be used. The consent also relates to whether the given information can be further exploited.

Q3: What is credit card fraud ?

Ans: In credit card frauds, the credit card details of a user such as his credit card number, name, CVV, transaction pin, etc., are stolen from his/her online activities and then some payment frauds are carried out with this stolen information.

Q4: What is identity theft ?

Ans: Online identity theft refers to an act of stealing someone’s personal information such as name, login details etc. and then posing as that person online. Malicious activities like fraudulent posts, rumour mongering, riots fuelling, fraudulent financial transactions, etc. can be carried out through identity theft.

Q5. What are open source based software ?

Ans: Open source software is the software whose source code is available and which can be copied, modified and redistributed as well. There may or may not be charges payable for open source software. In open source software, the source code is freely available to the customer. For example, Linux.

Q6. What is public domain software ?

Ans. Public-domain software is free and can be used without restrictions. It is, by its very nature, outside the scope of copyright and licensing.

Q7. Name some common public domain software licenses.

Ans : Some open source licenses are Creative Commons License, General Public License and Apache License.

Q8. What is freedom of information ?

Ans: Freedom of information refers to the right to access information available on public platforms.

Q9. What are the major factors behind digital divide ?

Ans. The major factors behind digital divide are:

Technology reach — Technological reach is not the same all across India, especially in rural and remote areas.

Digital Literacy — The rate of digital literacy is far less in rural areas as compared to urban areas. People in remote areas and rural areas are picking up with digital literacy, now.

Q10. Write any one application each of e-Governance and e-commerce.

Ans. An application of e-Governance is filing of online application forms for Aadhaar card, passport, etc.

An application of e-commerce is that we can do online shopping.