Privacy Statement

Introduction

This web site is maintained and administered by Tourism NT, a government authority of the Northern Territory of Australia. (Tourism NT). This privacy statement sets out the manner in which Tourism NT will deal with information submitted to it through this web site by persons using this website.

Tourism NT’s privacy policy is based on, and is consistent with, the Australian National Principles of the Fair Handling of Personal Information, published by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Commonwealth of Australia. The National Principles may be viewed on the Australian Privacy Commissioner's web site at www.privacy.gov.au. Comprehensive details are contained in the Information Act (NT).

General

When you visit this web site, a record of your visit is kept for statistical and research purposes. Similar records may be kept when you use any of the interactive features found in this web site.

The information kept for these purposes might include:

• Your server address
• Your top level domain name (e.g. .com, .gov, .au, .uk, etc.)
• The date and time you visited this site
• The pages of this site you accessed, and the documents you downloaded
• The previous site you visited
• The type of web browser you used

Some of the interactive features found in this web site may require you to enter personal information, such as your name and address. Tourism NT stores this information in encrypted form, and disposes of it once the purpose for which it was collected has been achieved. The length of time for which such information is stored may vary according to the purpose for which it has been collected. No such information will be released to any third party without your prior consent, unless Tourism NT is compelled to do so by law.

Cookies and other Technology

Tourism NT may use cookies and other similar technologies to help:

• Collect the information referred to under the heading "General" in this policy statement, and
• Save any preferences you may record whilst visiting this web site.
• Manage online advertising
• Create permission-based email marketing communications

A cookie is a small string of text data that a web site can send to your web browser. A cookie cannot extract information from your computer, transmit computer viruses, or capture and transmit your email address.

Access to Information and Compliance with International Obligations

Any person or organisation, whether or not a registered user of this web site, who believes that we have gathered and stored personal information relating to them, whether through this web site or otherwise, may contact us and request to view that information. They may also request the alteration of that information or its removal from our records.

Tourism NT will endeavour in addition to meeting its obligations as contained herein meet any additional obligations identified to it by you in connection with any international laws that apply to it and that are not contained in this Privacy Statement from time to time.

Further information on how private information is dealt with can be located on our Privacy Statement at www.tourismnt.com.au.

Any such request or request for further details of our privacy statement should be directed to:

Information Office
Tourism NT
GPO Box 1155
Darwin NT 0800
Telephone: (08) 8999 3830
Facsimile: (08) 8999 3888
Email: informationofficer.tourismnt@nt.gov.au