Legal and ethical

In this report I will be looking at how the legal and ethical issues will effect my website and the way they can effect the client and customers. 

Data protection:

The first legal issue that needs to be considered is data protection act when creating the website. Data protection exists to keep peoples personal information safe. This means that it needs to protect peoples information while online. The reason this needs to be considered is because when the website is going to be built there will be a page where potential customers can type in their contact details if they want to contact the client. This means that information like their email, phone number and names need to be protected so that their personal information isn't stolen. Another is the clients information that people can use in order to contact the client. This needs to be protected as people may try to steal it and then claim to be him (identity theft) which could lead to customers giving their information to the wrong person. 

When creating the website other information that will be going on the website will be an image of the client along with their name. This means that when these are added to the website the client will be at risk of identity theft meaning that customers may end up giving their personal information to someone else instead of the client. However this can be stopped by them contacting the client by phone or email and then wait for a response before typing their person information on the website. Another problem that can be created by this is that there may be people that create a copy of the website to try and steal others information. 

Cyber stalking is when someone uses electronic communications to harass or frighten someone for example by sending threatening emails. This is important as when the client will have a gin in touch section there could be the chance that people use it to threaten the client. There is also the issue with this is that if a customer does submit their personal information and then an outsider gets the information they may be at risk of cyber stalking. This would mean that those who have stolen the information may start to harass the customers or manipulate them in to giving other personal details that could be stolen. Another is the client himself, the reason for this is excuse the clients social media accounts are included at the beginning of the promotional video. It means that if people wanted to they could go onto social media and harass the client. This also means that people may copy the clients accounts on social media in order to trick them into giving the information to them. 

Accessibility is another factor that needs to be thought about when creating the website. Accessibility means who can access the clients website, that may have disabilities like partial eyesight or Parkinson's. This is important as it means that website needs to be designed in a way that can benefit people like this so that everyone has access to the same content. This means that it needs to meet the equality act which would mean that no one is at a disadvantage when using something like a website. This would mean that there needs to be different or alternate ways for people with disabilities to access the same content as someone who may not have a disability. A way to fix this would be by adding information into the alt text which would read out what is on the page if they have issues with their eyesight. 

Another factor to be considered is misrepresentation. This mens that something may be untrue or misleading. it is important as when creating the website there can't be any information on the website that may mislead people or not be true as this could cause problems for the client in the future. This may be needed for something like the price list page that will be on the website or in the information that is on it. It would mean that any information that is on the website needs to be true so that it does not mislead customers into thinking or doing the wrong things. This needs to be considered as the client is contacting the customers meaning that whatever the client tells the customer he needs to make sure that they keep to what they have said otherwise it could become misleading to the clients customers. 

Overall when creating the website all of these factors need to be considered as they will benefit the client and the customers if the website is able to protect peoples personal information while also allowing for all people to access all the pages of the website and the content on them. All of these are important to make sure the website is at a standard for people to use. By following all of the legal and ethical laws it will mean the website will be at the standard it needs to be and means that all types of people can use it to fid out about the clients business.