Privacy Policy
By using this Site, you agree to the Privacy Policy of Tourism Australia set out below.
Tourism Australia periodically reviews its Privacy Policy and reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify or remove portions of this policy at any time.
Tourism Australia considers the responsible use of personal information to be of vital importance. Tourism Australia is committed to respecting your privacy.
In general, you can visit the Tourism Australia website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.
However there are times when we may need information from you such as when you register for events, or memberships, for billing purposes, or in connection with community postings such as message boards or feedback to us or to receive information from us. This information may include your name, home or business address and e-mail address. Tourism Australia will seek to let you know before we collect any personal information from you over the Internet. Personal information about you will only be collected when knowingly and voluntarily submitted.
Tourism Australia may share the information obtained with other organisations with a similar purpose to our own, such as state tourist authorities. We will endeavour to limit the use of the information to the purpose for which it was provided. Any information collected will not be sold, reused, rented, loaned or otherwise disclosed in any other way.
Tourism Australia will seek your permission to send you further communications at the time you provide us with your personal information. If at any time after submitting your personal information to Tourism Australia you would no longer like to receive information from us, simply follow the "unsubscribe" directions at the end of any e-mail communications you receive.
No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect server logs. The statistics and log files may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the information supplied by Tourism Australia.
In general on Tourism Australia websites, IP addresses (the Internet address of a computer) are logged to track a user's session while the user remains anonymous. We analyse this data for certain trends and statistics, such as which parts of our site users are visiting and how long they spend there. In general, we do not link your IP addresses to anything personally identifiable to you. In those limited cases where session information is not anonymous, Tourism Australia will provide notice of the practice and an opportunity to 'opt out'.
When Tourism Australia receives information about your session or about you, we may also use it for research or to improve our site and the services we offer you.
Cookies
Some Tourism Australia web pages use 'cookies,' which are small files that may be placed on your hard disk for record-keeping purposes. A cookie helps us remember who you are. Cookies can make your subsequent visits to the web page simpler and more seamless. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. (However, by not accepting cookies, some web pages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information.). A server cannot find out a name or e-mail address, or anything about a user's computer, by using cookies. Cookie information is not stored or collected by Tourism Australia.
Once Tourism Australia receives information from you via e-mail or any other means, the information is in a secure environment. Your personal information will not be released unless Tourism Australia believes in good faith that the law requires it or your permission is granted.
Security
Tourism Australia strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our sites, and periodically updates its security measures in light of current technologies. You need to be aware of inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet. Tourism Australia cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any personal information you submit to our sites. If you have concerns in this regard, Tourism Australia has other ways of obtaining and providing information. Normal mail, telephone and fax facilities are available.
Tourism Australia Sites may also be linked to websites operated by third parties. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these sites. Visitors to those sites should refer to their separate privacy policies and practices.
Queries
If you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices, or would like to correct or update information provided to Tourism Australia via its website, please contact us by sending an email to tourisminfo@tourism.australia.com