Department of Education Child Care Unit Personal Information Protection Statement

Child Care Unit, GPO Box 169, Hobart Tas 7001

Phone: 6233 5676 or 1300 135 513, Fax: 6233 6042

Email: childcare.comment@education.tas.gov.au

All personal information (collected at any time) relating to management, staff and children will be collected from you for the purpose of obtaining and verifying details required under the Child Care Act 2001, Licensing Standards and related State and Australian Government Acts and Regulations; and will be used by the Department of Education to support the licensing process and for reporting on children’s services at a state and national level.

Failure to provide this information may result in:

• the service being unable to be licensed, or
• approval not being granted for a person/s to hold a licence or be a licensee representative/s.

Your personal information will be used for the primary purpose for which it is collected and may be disclosed to contractors and agents of the department, the National Childcare Accreditation Council and other authorised agencies. Your personal information will be managed in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act 2004 and may be accessed by you on request to the Director, Early Years as per the details above.

You can obtain a copy of the Department’s Personal Information protection Policy on request to the Unit or at http://www.education.tas.gov.au/dept/about/legislation/pip/policy.