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PRIVACY POLICY
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In addition to reviewing this privacy policy, please read our Terms of Service.
thetimesharebeat.com believes its most valuable asset
is its credibility in the communities we serve. Without
the trust of our readers, thetimesharebeat.com cannot perform its mission of providing news, analysis and opinion
to further the public good.
thetimesharebeat.com takes your privacy seriously. We do not sell any personal information to other companies. We do not
share your personal information with anyone or any company without your express permission except in compliance
with legal process, as detailed below.
Compliance with Legal Process
We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action
is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process (2) protect and defend our rights and property (3)
protect against misuse or unauthorized use of The Timeshare Beat on the Web or (4) protect the personal safety
or property of our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide false information or
attempt to pose as someone else, information about you may be disclosed as part of any investigation into your
actions).
thetimesharebeat.com acknowledges the journalists' ethic of protecting confidential sources of information. However,
in some situations, a court can order us to reveal sources. Thus, demands for promises of an absolute level of
confidentiality cannot be guaranteed to be met in all cases.
In any event, we will do our utmost to protect the confidentiality
of whistle blowers and other sources who provide legitimate information to us in the course of our ongoing role
as a watchdog for the timeshare and vacation industries.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not belong to us it belongs to all people. It is, however, our
job to defend the First Amendment on their behalf and to resist attempts to weaken it. We uphold the right to speak
unpopular opinions as well as the privilege to agree with the majority. We provide a forum of clashing viewpoints
which goes to the heart of Freedoms of Speech and Press.
Future possibilities:
As we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses.
In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information
in response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection
with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary to give such
information to law enforcement authorities. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure
in such cases.
How we collect information: How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the
activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. You can visit many pages on our site without
providing any information. Other pages may prompt you to provide information, such as when you request certain
features (e.g., newsletters, news updates and other products). You may also provide information when you participate
in sweepstakes and contests, and other interactive areas of our site, or when you email us requesting information
or providing news tips.
Our Web Site is not set up to automatically collect personally identifiable information from each visitor to our
Web Site. It does recognize the home server of visitors, but not e-mail addresses. For example, we can tell which
Internet Service Provider our visitors use, but not the names, addresses or other information about our visitors
that would allow us to identify the particular visitors to our Web Site.
Server logs:
Our Web server does log your IP address in standard server logs. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems
with our server, and to administer our Web site. We do not use IP address logs to track your session or your behavior
on our site.
Log files:
Log files data is only used in aggregate to analyze usage of our web-site.
Cookies:
We do not use " cookie" technology to gather electronic information about you.
Other Sites:
This site contains links to other sites. thetimesharebeat.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
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