Australian Data
The Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) is a government agency in Western Australia. JTSI leads Western Australia’s economic development, international trade and investment, tourism, and promotes the defence, international education, and science and innovation sectors.
This portion of the Privacy Policy is in relation to the following websites:
• https://www.tourism.wa.gov.au/ (Tourism WA Website)
• https://www.investandtrade.wa.gov.au/ (Invest and Trade Website)
• https://innovation.wa.gov.au/ (Innovation Website)
• https://take2stem.wa.gov.au/ (Take 2 Stem Website)
• https://likenoother.wa.gov.au/ (Like No Other Website)
• https://wago.co.uk/ (Western Australia Government Office (WAGO) in Europe)
• https://wajapan.net/ (Western Australia Government Office (WAGO) in Japan)
• https://waips.industrylink.wa.gov.au/ (Western Australia Industry Participation Strategy Portal)
This privacy statement sets out how JTSI collects, uses, and discloses your information. JTSI holds your information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (together, Australian Privacy Laws). The Australian Privacy Principles can be found here.
This privacy statement only applies to the JTSI websites mentioned above. If you follow a link from a JTSI website and it takes you to a third party website, JTSI recommends that you read the privacy policy of that other website to understand how that third party website deals with your information. Please note that JTSI is not responsible for any content, privacy policies, or privacy practices of any third party websites that may be linked on a JTSI website.
Information that we collect
JTSI may collect the following information from you, being your:
- “personal information” that you choose to give to JTSI (i.e. your name, occupation, email/postal address, date of birth, place of work, business interests, school, university, gender, etc);
- “cookie data” which is essentially technical information about your visit to any of JTSI’s websites, including your server address, date and time of your visit, pages accessed, the addresses of the website you visited, the type browser and operating system you are using, and what devices and operating systems you used to access our site from.
JTSI does not collect your “sensitive information” (i.e. information about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of any political associations, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, sexual preferences or practices, or any of your health information).
Protecting the privacy of children is especially important to us. JTSI will not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16 without obtaining parental consent.
How do we collect your information?
Explicit collection
Generally, you will know if JTSI is collecting your personal information because it will be clearly stated. For example, if you submit an online form to contact us, subscribe to receive newsletters, sign up for a competition or promotion, or offer services to us, JTSI will ask you to provide your name and contact details.
Providing us with the requested information is voluntary. If you do not choose to provide us with the requested information, we may not be able to respond to you or provide you with the services you are seeking.
We may collect your personal information from publicly available sources, or from third parties who have shared that information with us in a manner that is consistent with Australian Privacy Laws.
Cookie collection
We use 'cookies' to collect some statistical information about how you interact with the website (e.g. when you visited, what you do on the site and whether you complete any transactions on the website).
We only collect anonymous information. No identifiable personal data is collected.
If you do not want cookies to be placed on your computer, you can disable them using your web browser. If you opt out of using cookies, some of the features on this website may not function fully and your ability to browse, read and download information may be impaired. Please contact us to access our services by other methods.
Cookie collection by third parties
Third party cookies are sent by different organisations other than JTSI (such as analytics or advertising businesses). Third party cookies are used on JTSI’s website to enable reporting for impression assisted visits, website conversions, user demographics and user interests. Sometimes, it may be used for marketing purposes.
We use software provided by third party vendors, including the following:
- Google Analytics – a web analytics service that we use to collect data about how you use our site and services.
- Hotjar – is used to better understand how you interact with our website, for example: how long you are on pages, which links are used, and which pages you’re on.
- YouTube – JTSI may embed videos or insert links to videos from YouTube from time to time on our website. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from or linked to YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from these websites.
- Facebook – The Facebook tracking/web pixel is a piece of code provided by Facebook that is placed on or within a website to alert Facebook when a “conversion” is complete – that is, when a party clicks on a Facebook advertisement and then connects with website(s) of the party responsible for the advertisement.
To find out more about how these third parties handle your personal information, please review their privacy policies.
Use and disclosure of your information
Use of your personal information for the express or implied purpose provided
JTSI uses your personal information in the manner that we describe when you give us this information, such as when you fill out a “contact us” form, or sign up for a newsletter. JTSI may also use your information for a purpose related to the purpose it was collected if you have consented, or if you would reasonably expect the personal information would be used for that related purpose.
Disclosure to potential partners with your consent
In certain circumstances JTSI may share your personal information with entities throughout Australia and internationally. However, JTSI will get your express consent prior to sharing any of your information externally. Further, JTSI will endeavor to ensure that any third party that it shares your personal information with (including those who are overseas), will deal with your information in a way that is consistent with Australian Privacy Laws.
Legal disclosure
JTSI may use or disclose your personal information to third parties where it is legally required to do so, such as where required or permitted by a law of Western Australia (e.g. under the Freedom of Information Act 1992(WA)), and/or if required by law to do so (e.g. by a court or tribunal order, or a law of the Commonwealth). Your personal information will at all times be dealt with in accordance with the applicable legislation in Western Australia and consistent with any legal obligation (including the State Records Act 2000 (WA)).
Your personal information may be disclosed in special situations where JTSI has reason to believe that doing so is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring, or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
Marketing
JTSI may use your personal information to notify you about an event you may wish to be involved in, or so that we may provide and market our services to you. However, JTSI will only use your information for marketing when we have collected the information directly from you, it is reasonable to expect that we would use your information for marketing purposes, we have provided you with an easy to use means of opting out of receiving further direct marketing from us, and you have not requested that we cease sending you direct marketing communications.
Web analytics
JTSI uses your information collected through cookie data for statistical and system administration purposes, this can help monitor and understand usage trends, make website performance improvements, and monitor cyber security threats. JTSI does not use this information to identify you or match it with any other personal information we collect from you and it remains anonymised.
Incidental access by our contractors
Generally, your information will only be accessed and/or viewed only by JTSI staff and officers when it is appropriate or necessary. However, in some cases, your information may be shared externally with JTSI’s contractors, project partners, or suppliers. Where a party other than an employee or officer of JTSI has access to your information, they will be required to comply with Australian Privacy Laws and, where appropriate, to enter into privacy agreements with JTSI.
Contact Us and correction of your personal information
If you would like to know what of your information we are storing and how we have used that information, please contact us in the following manner:
FOI Coordinator
Level 11, 1 William Street
PERTH WA 6000
08 9262 1700
foi@jtsi.wa.gov.au
foi@westernaustralia.com (Tourism WA only requests)
Under the Australian Privacy Laws, you may request access to view documents in JTSI’s possession that contain your personal information. If you believe that any of your information recorded by JTSI is incorrect, incomplete, or out of date, you have the right to request that JTSI corrects its records your personal information.