Describe the consequences of 'warrants e.g. PACE Act 1984'?IMPORTANT NOTE - Relate the consequences to a student working with IT within a High...

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The PACE 84
was an act passed in the UK Parliament which is the American equivalent of the Search
and Seizure rights as they appear in the American Bill of
Rights.

Prior to the Act, there was no specific protocol
for searches and arrests made on people in the UK. Anything that was considered, as the
Act itself says, "arrestable" would indeed become so. Comparatively, in America we have
to read Miranda rights, obtain warrants, get judge orders from court, and go through a
specific procedure prior to enter a home, arrest a person, and thinks of that
kind.

The Pace 84 basically establishes guidelines, or what
they call "benchmarks", that must be followed prior to conducting a search and seizure,
and even for making an arrest upon suspicion. It even offers procedures for interviews
and interrogations.

 An IT student working in a high school
has to be specifically careful not to break any confidentiality codes, especially when
prompted by a school administrator to crack into student accounts to obtain information
about possible undisciplined activity. No matter how pressing for information a teacher,
parent, or administrator is, the IT person most maintain the same rules of action when
accessing information. A specific school protocol must be in place and signed by
personnel, students, and parents, understanding the limits to their computer usage, and
the extent to which the information entered will be protected by the
law.

In the United States a judge is able to accuse and
find someone guilty of numerous offenses done by false data collection, intrusion in
people's personal files, and by obtaining information for purposes not regulated. Among
the consequences, a person doing things of this sort could be expelled from a learning
institution, from the workforce, licenses can be revoked, jail time could be pending, or
the accusation of felony in the case of identity theft, or invasion of privacy. That can
also include civil suits made from person to person on behalf of their rights to
privacy.