Privacy Policy

Information we collect

Information you provide

• Your name and email address when you create or reopen a bracket.
• Your team selections and resulting bracket points.
• Messages or privacy requests you send to us.

Information collected automatically

• Browser storage used to remember your theme, participant details, and draft bracket selections on your device.
• Basic technical and request information that our hosting and security providers may process, such as IP address, browser type, device information, timestamps, and requested pages.
• An essential, HTTP-only session cookie used only when an administrator signs in.

How we use information

• To create, save, retrieve, and score your bracket.
• To operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
• To prevent abuse and protect the integrity of the competition.
• To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.
• To display and measure non-personalized advertising, subject to your consent where required.

Advertising, cookies, and similar technologies

We may display non-personalized advertising supplied by third-party vendors, including Google. These ads use the context of the current page and coarse location rather than your browsing history, interests, or demographic profile.

Non-personalized ads may still use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting, fraud prevention, and security. Where applicable law requires it, we will request consent before using non-essential advertising storage.

Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

How we share information

We may share information with:

• Hosting, database, security, and infrastructure providers that operate the service.
• Advertising and measurement partners when advertising is enabled.
• Authorities or other parties when required by law or necessary to protect rights and safety.
• A successor if the website or its assets are transferred, subject to applicable law.

We do not sell your name, email address, or bracket picks for money.

Legal bases

Where the GDPR or similar laws apply, we process information as needed to provide the service you request, for our legitimate interests in operating and securing the website, with your consent where required, and to meet legal obligations.

Data retention

We retain account and bracket information for as long as reasonably needed to run the competition, provide return access, maintain records, and meet legal or security requirements. Browser-stored information remains until you clear it, remove the site's storage, or replace it with newer bracket information.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or obtain a copy of your information, object to certain processing, or withdraw consent. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.

You can clear local information through your browser settings and manage advertising choices through the links above. Contact us to make a request concerning information stored on our servers.

International transfers and security

Our providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where required, appropriate transfer safeguards are used. We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information, but no online service is completely secure.

Children's privacy

ThidoWCBracket is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children where parental consent is required. A parent or guardian who believes a child provided information may contact us to request deletion.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the service, advertising partners, or legal requirements change. The effective date above will be updated when material changes are published.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, email privacy@thido.ai.