User roles and permissions

Know the difference

When you use Tresorit's collaboration features, your available options in a shared folder are defined by your permission. This setting is unique for every shared folder. But, when you are a part of a Business Subscription, there's an additional role you have, defining whether you can access and edit the subscription’s billing, users and security settings.

User roles

Roles define which users can see and modify subscription details like billing, policies and roles.

Subscription Owner: Tresorit Business Subscriptions are administered by one person who has an extended set of rights. They manage the billing and users and can also put security measures in place to protect confidential company data.

Co-admin: Co-admins can invite and delete users, assign them to policies or suspend their access to their account.

Users: Users can’t access subscription details.

Access permissions

Permissions define whether members of a shared Tresorit Folder can modify, delete or reshare its content.

Owner: They can edit, delete and reshare files and subfolders or delete the whole folder. By default, you own the folders you create, but it is possible to transfer this role.

Manager: The default and highest level of permission in a shared folder. They can share, read, edit, and delete files and subfolders.

Editor: They can read, edit and delete files and subfolders.

Viewer: The lowest level of permission — they can only read and download content.

DRM protected folders

Permission levels are a bit different in DRM protected folders. Tresorit Digital Rights Management (DRM) adds an extra layer of protection to files stored on the cloud. In DRM-protected folders, Editors and Viewers are prevented from saving, printing, copying or taking screenshots of files. Also, to avoid accidental disclosure of confidential DRM files, a DRM protected file attached to an email cannot be opened.

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