Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to March Madness Schedule ("we," "our," or "us"), available at https://marchmadnessschedule.com/. We are committed to protecting the privacy, security, and personal data of our website visitors.

This Privacy Policy details the types of information we may collect when you browse our tournament schedule directory, how that information is utilized, the circumstances under which it might be shared with service partners, and the rights and choices available to you under applicable data protection legislation.

2. Who Operates This Website

This website is published and managed as an independent college basketball schedule guide. We are not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) or official tournament partners.

For inquiries regarding data controller obligations, editorial accountability, or data processing, you can contact our designated privacy mailbox at [email protected].

3. Information We Collect

We adhere to the principle of data minimization. The information processed through our website falls into two primary categories:

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

When you contact us via email to suggest a schedule correction, report a technical bug, or make an inquiry, we receive the details you choose to submit (such as your name, email address, and message content). We do not require account registration, subscriptions, or financial details to access any portion of our website.

B. Automatically Collected Technical Data

When you load our web pages, our web server hosting infrastructure (Hostinger) automatically logs standard technical connection metrics to maintain uptime, prevent denial-of-service attacks, and troubleshoot network errors. This data may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser user-agent string, operating system type, referring URL, time and date stamp of requests, and requested asset files.

4. How We Use Information

Any information collected is used exclusively for legitimate operational and informational purposes:

To provide, maintain, and optimize the speed and responsiveness of our static web pages.
To evaluate and verify user-submitted tournament schedule corrections or broadcast channel updates.
To detect, prevent, and mitigate security incidents, unauthorized access, or abusive automated scraping.
To comply with applicable legal duties, audit obligations, and regulatory requirements.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer or mobile device by a web browser.

Our website is built using static HTML5, modular CSS, and client-side JavaScript. In its standard editorial state, our site does not set first-party marketing or profiling cookies. Standard server-level session mechanisms or local preferences (such as remembering table collapse states in client storage) may be utilized to preserve interface layout preferences.

In order to keep our tournament scheduling guide freely accessible to basketball fans, this website is structured to support third-party online advertising networks, including Google AdSense.

When advertising is active on this website, visitors should note the following disclosures required by Google:

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites across the Internet.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google My Ad Center.
Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the AboutAds.info Choices page.
For comprehensive details on how Google uses data when you use our partner sites or apps, please review How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Prospective Status Notice: As of our current publication launch date (November 1, 2026), third-party advertising scripts are undergoing configuration and review. Advertising cookies will only be activated in accordance with applicable regional consent frameworks.

7. Analytics and Performance Monitoring

To ensure our website remains fast and reliable during peak tournament traffic events (such as Selection Sunday and the opening rounds), we may review aggregated server logs or privacy-conscious performance metrics. These metrics analyze high-level page visit trends without linking individual browsing histories to personal identities.

8. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our tournament schedule guides include links to third-party destinations, including university athletic department schedule pages, official NCAA information pages, television broadcast platforms (such as CBS Sports, TNT Sports, and ESPN), and streaming providers.

We do not control, operate, or assume responsibility for the privacy practices, content, or policies of any external website. We encourage you to review the privacy notices of any third-party website you navigate to from our links.

We do not sell, rent, monetize, or disclose your personal contact information to third parties. Information may only be accessed under the following limited circumstances:

Hosting & Infrastructure Providers: Our web hosting service (Hostinger) processes raw HTTP server requests strictly to deliver static files and maintain server stability.
Legal Compliance: Where strictly required by law, subpoena, or valid judicial request.
Rights Protection: To investigate potential violations of our Terms and Conditions or safeguard the technical integrity of our systems.

10. Data Security

We implement industry-standard technical measures to safeguard information:

Enforced Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) encryption across all public web pages.
Strict static architecture that avoids backend database exposure or server-side user data storage.
Regular security audits, modern TLS configurations, and hardened HTTP response headers (including content security policies and framing defenses).

11. Data Retention

Server log records generated by network traffic are routinely retained for a temporary operational window (typically 30 to 90 days) by hosting infrastructure for diagnostic and security audits before being purged. If you communicate with us via email, we retain correspondence only for the period necessary to resolve your inquiry or correction request.

12. International Data Processing

March Madness Schedule is hosted on web servers located in secure global data centers. If you access our website from regions outside the United States (such as the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom), please be aware that your connection data will be transmitted across international borders in compliance with applicable standard contractual protections.

13. Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, applicable privacy legislation (such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act, or the California Consumer Privacy Act / CPRA) grants you specific rights:

Right to Access & Portability: The right to request confirmation of any personal information we hold regarding your correspondence.
Right to Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate personal contact details.
Right to Erasure: The right to request deletion of your correspondence history from our inbox.
Right to Object & Restrict Processing: The right to opt out of or restrict specific data handling activities.

To exercise any applicable statutory privacy rights, please submit your request to [email protected]. We will acknowledge and process verified requests within statutory timeframes.

14. Children's Privacy

March Madness Schedule is a general audience sports information website intended for college basketball fans. We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 where required by local law), in full accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you believe a child has provided us with personal contact information, please notify us immediately so we can remove it.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise or update this Privacy Policy as our informational features expand or as regulatory requirements change. Whenever revisions occur, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this document. Continued browsing of our website following posted revisions constitutes awareness of the updated terms.

16. Contact Us

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy, our data protection practices, or cookie management, please contact our editorial privacy team:

Email: [email protected]
Website: https://marchmadnessschedule.com/
Postal / Jurisdiction Inquiries: March Madness Schedule Editorial Desk, c/o Website Administrator.