When you submit an Australia Travel Declaration (ATD), the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) will collect your personal information and in the case of a group declaration, the personal information of any accompanying child/children under 18 years of age, travelling on the same flight and included in the group declaration. If you are a non-citizen, the ATD will ask you whether you have tuberculosis or criminal convictions, which is ‘sensitive information’ under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Providing your information in an ATD is voluntary. If you withdraw your ATD you will be required to answer the same questions on a paper Incoming Passenger Card when you arrive in Australia.
I understand that I must be 18 years or over to make a group ATD declaration.
If I am completing a group ATD declaration on behalf of any accompanying child/children under 18 years of age, travelling on the same flight, I declare that I am authorised and/or have their consent to act on their behalf, provide their personal information, and make the declarations and acknowledgements contained in this ATD.
In submitting an ATD I acknowledge and consent to the following:
- The Department will collect my personal information, and in the case of a group declaration, personal information of any accompanying child/children under 18 years of age included in the group declaration, that I provide in an ATD, including any sensitive information (where applicable), and disclose that information to Australian government agencies, state and territory government agencies and contracted service providers for the purposes explained in the Department
ATD Privacy Notice.
- The Department will communicate with me electronically via the email address I provide in an ATD, including to send the ATD Pass (being the confirmation generated following submission of an ATD) and to collect feedback (via survey or research) about my experience using the ATD. The ATD Pass consists of a QR code that you will need to present to officials at the border.
I understand that as a child under 18 years of age included in a group ATD declaration, my personal information may be disclosed to the parent/guardian traveller included in the declaration who may be overseas. Any disclosure will occur in the country where the parent/guardian traveller is located at the time the declaration is completed or submitted.
As the parent/guardian traveller submitting an ATD on behalf of an accompanying child/children, travelling on the same flight, the Department also collects the personal information of each child. The parent/guardian traveller is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all information submitted for each child included on the group declaration. Failure to answer any questions correctly may constitute an offence under Australian law.
The parent/guardian traveller must ensure each child included in the group declaration has also been provided the privacy notice or that, where the child/children does not have capacity to understand the privacy notice, that the parent/guardian traveller has considered the privacy notice on behalf of the child/children and, to the extent practicable, discussed the privacy issues with the child/children.
