Cookie Policy

Introduction

National Alliance for School Attendance Ltd (NAfSA). Registered in England and Wales. Company Registration Number: 10252699. Registered Office: Cleveland, Hayscastle, Haverfordwest, Wales, SA62 5NY.

This policy explains how National Alliance for School Attendance Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use the National Alliance for School Attendance (NAfSA) website and member portal.

We only use cookies and similar technologies that are strictly necessary for the platform to work securely. For how we process personal data more generally, see Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. In this policy, we also use the term "cookies" to refer to similar web technologies, such as local storage and session storage, which your browser uses to remember your preferences, keep you signed in, or process transactions.

Strictly necessary cookies

Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), we are permitted to store cookies on your device without prior consent if they are strictly necessary for the operation of the service you have requested.

The NAfSA platform relies exclusively on strictly necessary cookies, which cannot be switched off in our systems. These include:

• Authentication and security (Clerk): Cookies and local storage required to keep you securely signed into your member dashboard, authenticate your identity, and protect administrative areas from unauthorised access.
• Payment processing (Stripe): Essential security and session cookies deployed by Stripe during the checkout process to securely process your membership or ticketing payments and prevent fraudulent transactions.
• Platform infrastructure (Vercel and Next.js): Essential routing and session tokens required to deliver our web pages efficiently and securely to your browser.

Analytics

To understand aggregated platform usage (such as page views, load times, and system performance), we use Vercel Analytics. This system is cookieless: it does not store tracking cookies on your device, track your behaviour across other websites, or build a personal marketing profile.

If, in the future, we introduce any optional, non-essential cookies that require consent under PECR, we will update this policy and implement a dedicated consent management tool to provide you with full control over those preferences.

Managing cookies

You can control or block cookies through your browser settings. Because we only use strictly necessary cookies, blocking them will break core platform functionality — you will not be able to sign in, use Attendance self-evaluation tools, or complete checkout.

To end your session safely, use Sign out in the platform, or clear site data for our domain in your browser settings.

Third-party services

When you use embedded payment flows (Stripe) or authentication services (Clerk), those infrastructure providers may set their own essential cookies under their privacy and security policies to fulfil your request. You can review Stripe and Clerk's privacy documentation if you want to understand their specific technical set-up.

Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy, use our contact form on the contact page.