Privacy

The purpose of this statement is to let users of the Savour Tasmania website know what information is collected about them when they visit this site, how this information is used and if it is disclosed.

The Tasmanian Department of Economic Development and Tourism as convenors of Savour Tasmania is committed to protecting the information collected and used in compliance with the obligations provided under the Personal Information Protection Act 2004.

Protecting your personal information is an important aspect of the way we create, organise and implement our activities on-line and off-line.

You can access the Savour Tasmania website home page and browse our site without disclosing personal information. Individuals email address and/or contact details will only be recorded if they send our site a message or join the mailing list. The information an individual provides is collected for the purposes of responding to the matters raised in an individual's electronic correspondence or providing information updates.

We will ensure that your personal information will not be used or disclosed to other State institutions and authorities except if required or allowed by law.

We may collect non-personal information in gathering statistical information on how our websites are used, or to assist you in navigating through our websites.

We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and measures to protect the personal information that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use, unsanctioned alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss.

Publishing information

We will only publish personal information on this site if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge or if you have consented to the disclosure.

When giving such consent you should be aware that information published on this site is accessible to millions of users from all over the world, that search engines will index it and that it may be copied and used by any web user. This means that once the information is published on this site we will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.

Transmission of information across the Internet

This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.

Cookies

Cookies are not used on this site to gather personal information about our users.

Access to personal information

Savour Tasmania will provide you with access to your personal information to enable steps to be taken to ensure the information is complete, accurate and up to date. However, in keeping with our commitment to protect the privacy of personal information, any request we receive for access to your personal information will require proof of your identity.

Individuals may:

• Request a copy of their personal information
• Ask us to make amendments to our record of their personal information
• Ask us to remove any of their personal information which you do not wish us to retain
• Opt out of any mailing lists,

by contacting us at Savour Tasmania, C/o Department of Economic Development and Tourism, GPO Box 646 Hobart TAS 7000 or info@savourtasmania.com.au

Complaints

If you believe we may have breached your privacy, complaints in writing can be made to:

Savour Tasmania - Event Convenor
C/o Department of Economic Development and Tourism
GPO Box 646
Hobart TAS 7000

All complaints will be investigated by the privacy officer. In the event that the matter is not resolved internally through a mediated process you may refer the complaint to the Privacy Commissioner