Vera is the secure platform where assistance dog charities and recognised assessors hold their team records and control exactly what is shared, and with whom. You stay the source of truth, your data is never copied or replaced, and your handlers are never charged.
Recognition on your terms
Vera lets operators confirm the teams you certify while you stay the source of truth. You choose what is shared and with whom, your data is never copied or replaced, and your handlers are never charged.
How Vera works
Your certified teams remain in your records. Vera connects to them; it never duplicates or replaces your system.
Only a match check is ever exposed. A microchip number resolves to a simple confirmation of current certification. Nothing else is shared.
GDPR-minimisedAn operator sees only that a team is certified by a recognised authority. Your beneficiaries' names and details never travel.
Verification is always voluntary. No personal data leaves your control without your authorisation.
The Founding Charity Cohort
You do the hard work of certifying assistance dogs. Pawthority makes that certification verifiable at every airline desk, hotel front desk, and insurance form, without your handlers filling in another paper form, and without you losing control of a single record.
Your records remain the master register. Pawthority never overwrites, never replaces, never competes with your certification. We make it portable, not public. IATA's guidance is explicit: digital credentials are not intended to take the form of a publicly accessible registry. Ours never will.
You decide what's shared, with whom, and when. GDPR data-minimisation is designed in, so operators see only a verified yes or no, never your beneficiaries' personal data.
One verified profile, reused across aviation, hospitality, transport and insurance. No repeat forms. No “where's your paperwork?” at the gate. Fewer refusals, less distress for the people you serve.
Join the founding charity cohort.
We are opening a small founding cohort of charity partners to shape how verification works across the sector, and to make sure it serves the people you support. Founding partners get hands-on onboarding and a direct say in the platform's design.
Frequently asked questions
What does it cost us?
Nothing. Pawthority is funded by the operators who license it, so charities and handlers are never charged, during the founding programme or after.
What do we have to do?
Very little. We lead the technical integration and work alongside your team. You keep full control of your data and decide what's shared.
What about our beneficiaries' data?
It stays yours. Operators receive a verified status only, never personal information. The platform is designed around GDPR data minimisation, and a Data Protection Impact Assessment covering VADS and Vera data flows is shared with founding partners during onboarding.
Your safeguards
Vera is engineered around your control and your beneficiaries' privacy, at every step.
Control
Your records remain the master register. Vera federates them, never overwrites or replaces them.
Consent
You choose what is shared, with whom, and when. Sharing is always on your terms.
Privacy
Operators receive a verified yes or no only, never your beneficiaries' personal data.
Standard
Parts 1 to 4 map to your certification, welfare and training, and any memorandum of understanding.
Compliance
Built around data minimisation, with a DPIA covering VADS and Vera data flows available on request.
Cost
Vera is funded by operators. Charities and the people you serve are never charged.
Why charities partner with Pawthority
Charities and handlers never pay. Operators fund the system through a simple annual licence.
You remain controller and source of truth. Nothing is copied out of your systems.
Your certified teams are honoured across airlines, hospitality, maritime and rideshare.
A sector-wide audit trail shows where and how your certifications are trusted and relied upon.
Non-negotiable principles
You decide what is shared, with whom, and when. Vera federates your records, never replaces them.
Operators receive a verified yes or no only, never your beneficiaries' personal data.
A clear, auditable fact, consistent every time.
Every check writes one timestamped, immutable entry, owned by you.
For charities and certifying bodies
We are onboarding founding charity partners to Vera. Share a verification, never the underlying data, keep full control of your records, and decide what is shared and with whom. Vera is always free for charities and for the people you serve.