Department of Education > The Department > Legislation, regulations and policies > Personal Information Protection

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.