The personal information collected by the Department of Education is protected by the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Act 2004. There are ten Personal Information Protection Principles in the Act that require all Tasmanian government departments to provide a range of protections in relation to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information.
Personal information can be almost any information linked to an individual, including name, address, sex, age, or health information.
Personal Information Protection Policy
The Department of Education has developed a policy that provides more information about how it manages personal information.
Personal Information Protection Principles
A brief summary of the Tasmanian Personal Information Protection Principles: the standards by which organisations collect and handle personal information.
This page has been produced by the Department of Education
Questions concerning its content may be directed by email to ServiceCentre@education.tas.gov.au or telephone 1800 816 057.
This page was last modified on 7th March 2008. The URL for this page is: http://www.education.tas.gov.au/dept/legislation/pip.
You are directed to the disclaimer and copyright notice and a Personal Information Protection statement governing the information provided.
