Australian Travel Information adheres to the principles of the Australian Privacy Act and State and Territory Privacy Law.
What Is Privacy?
The word 'privacy' means different things to different people. Your idea of privacy is likely to be different from the ideas of your family and friends. The type of privacy covered by the Privacy Act is the protection of people's personal information. However, this is just one aspect of privacy. Another type of privacy is, privacy of your communications.
What is personal information?
The Privacy Act definition of personal information is:
"... information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion."
What privacy is not
The protection of your personal information privacy is different to other related concepts such as confidentiality, secrecy and freedom of information. However, there can be some cross-over.
How does the Privacy Act work?
The principles contained in the Privacy Act are not prescriptive. That is, they don't tell what must be done in each situation. Rather, they offer principles about the way in which personal information should be handled.
Collection of Information by Australian Travel Information
- We only collect information that is necessary.
- Information is not disclosed to any third party.
- Information is used only for the purpose for which it is collected.
Australian Travel Information uses 'cookies', like most other websites on the internet. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or pass on a computer virus. It will merely make your visit to a site a better experience and particularly when you return.
For statistical purposes only, your IP Address is recorded, which pages were viewed, etc. Your IP Address reveals nothing personal about you.
Australian Travel Information uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For further information, please visit http://www.google.com/privacy.html.
You can configure your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This gives you the opportunity to either accept or reject it. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser, or delete all cookies from your computer if required. If you choose not to accept cookies, your experience on a Website may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
When you contact Australian Travel Information, submit photos, update information, subscribe to Special Offers or subscribe to What's On, your email address is not passed on to any third parties.
If you make a purchase from the Australian Travel Shop we will use your personal imformation, that you have supplied, to manage transactions such as credit card payments for any goods that you have ordered from us. This information may also be passed on to the suppliers. Your credit card or billing account details are only retained for the purpose of handling that individual transaction.
Information or opinions you post on the Australian Travel Information Blog is generally accessible. The information is read and may be collected and used by others. It may result in unsolicited messages or contact from others. Users are asked not to provide personally identifiable information about themselves.
Australian Travel Information contains links to other web sites outside of our control and who do not operate under this statement. When you click through to these Websites, this statement no longer applies. We recommend that you read the privacy statements for all third party Websites.
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