Privacy and Cookie Policy

The Waterwitch, Odiham

Last updated: 25 October 2026

1. Introduction

At The Waterwitch, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains how we collect, use and protect information when you visit our website or contact us.

Our website is hosted by Squarespace, and we may use third-party services to provide website features and help visitors find us.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you choose to provide when using our website, including:

• Your name.

• Your email address.

• Any information you include in a message sent through our contact form.

We may also collect certain technical information when you visit our website, such as information about your device, browser and how you interact with our pages, through cookies and similar technologies where applicable.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information you provide to:

• Respond to enquiries and messages.

• Provide information about The Waterwitch, our pub, facilities and services.

• Maintain and improve our website.

• Protect the security and proper functioning of our website.

• Meet applicable legal obligations.

We will not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. Contact Forms

When you submit an enquiry through our website’s contact form, the information you provide is used to respond to your message and deal with your enquiry.

Your information may be processed by Squarespace and other service providers involved in operating our website and handling enquiries.

We will retain your information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including any applicable legal requirements.

Please avoid including sensitive or unnecessary personal information in your message.

5. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly and may remember certain information about your visit.

Some cookies are temporary and expire when you close your browser, while others remain on your device for a set period.

Similar technologies may also be used to store or access information on your device.

6. Cookies Used on Our Website

Our website is hosted by Squarespace, which may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, security and performance.

The cookies and technologies used may include the following categories.

Essential cookies

These help our website operate correctly and securely, including supporting essential features and remembering your cookie preferences. Where strictly necessary, these do not require consent.

Analytics and performance cookies

If enabled, these may help us understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited and how people find us. Where consent is required, these technologies will only be used after you have given consent.

Third-party cookies and technologies

Some external services may use their own cookies or similar technologies when you interact with them. The technologies used will depend on the features and integrations enabled on our website.

We will seek consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies where required by law.

7. Google Maps

Our website includes a link to Google Maps to help visitors find The Waterwitch in Odiham.

When you click the link, you will be taken to Google Maps, which is operated by Google. Google may collect information about your device and your use of its service, and may use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with its own privacy practices.

We do not control how Google collects or uses information on its platform.

For further information, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.

8. Managing Cookies

Where applicable, our website may provide a cookie banner that allows you to manage your preferences for non-essential cookies.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect some website features.

Please note that changing your browser settings does not necessarily remove information already collected by third-party services.

9. How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Sharing Your Information

We may share information with service providers where necessary to operate our website, manage enquiries or meet legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information. Where third-party providers process personal information on our behalf, we expect appropriate safeguards to be in place.

11. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking into account the nature of the information, the reason for collecting it and any applicable legal obligations.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Under applicable data protection law, you may have rights to request access to your personal information, ask for inaccuracies to be corrected, request deletion or restriction of processing, object to certain uses of your information, or exercise other rights where applicable.

Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

To exercise your rights or ask a question about your information, please contact us using the contact details on our website.

You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

13. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to external websites, including Google Maps and social media platforms.

Once you leave our website, the privacy and cookie policies of those external services will apply. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites that we do not operate.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.

Any updates will be published on this page, together with the revised date.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy and Cookie Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact The Waterwitch using the contact details provided on our website.

The Waterwitch
Odiham, Hampshire, United Kingdom