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The site authors have made every effort to ensure that details are correct at the time of publication but cannot accept responsibility for any inaccuracy or mis-description. Information is sourced from tourism operators; tourism organisations; State Government authorities such as the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service; the State Library of Tasmania; publications and associated websites.

Copyright Notice

All site content is subject to copyright, with the exception of copyright-free editorial as identified within the site. Other than in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968 of the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, no material from the web site may, in any form or by any means, be reproduced, storied in a retrieval system or transmitted, without prior written permission.

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Privacy Notice

Tourism Tasmania considers the responsible use of personal information to be of vital importance. Tourism Tasmania is committed to respecting your privacy.

In general, you can visit this Tourism Tasmania web site 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 asking to receive information from us. This information may include your name, home or business address and e-mail address. Tourism Tasmania will seek to let you know before we collect any personal information from you over the Internet. Tourism Tasmania may share the information obtained with other organisations with a similar purpose to our own, such as state tourist authorities or the ATC (Australian Tourist Commission), in the process of answering your enquiry.
We will endeavour to limit the use of your information to the purpose for which it was provided.
In general, Tourism Tasmania operates within limits prescribed by the Code of Practice of ADMA (Australian Direct Marketing Assn), rights you may have under the Australian Trade Practices Act, 1974 and in accordance with the Tasmanian Government's Information Privacy Principles. Full details of the Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment's (DTAE) implementation of that policy is available here.

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 Tasmania.

On this site, IP addresses (the Internet address of a computer) are logged to track a user's session while the user always 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 address to anything personally identifiable to you. In those limited cases where session information is not anonymous, Tourism Tasmania will provide notice of the practice and an opportunity to "opt out."

*When Tourism Tasmania 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. Tourism Tasmania can not be responsible however for information which indexing and site search engines may extract from the web site - specifically visitor activity and demographics.

Some Tourism Tasmania web pages use "cookies," which are small files 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 specific or intrusive about a user's computer, by using cookies. Cookie information is not stored or collected by Tourism Tasmania.

Once Tourism Tasmania 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 the law permits it or your permission is granted.
You need to be aware of inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.
If you have concerns in this regard, Tourism Tasmania has other ways of obtaining and providing information. Normal mail, telephone and fax facilities are available - please refer to our Corporate Contact page.

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices, or would like to correct or update information provided via the site, please contact us by sending an e-mail to Tourism Tasmania.

Matters relating to site quality and its operation should be addressed to the webmaster@tourismtasmania.com.au.