User's must be assigned a role, granting access to different set of features within Safe Share. The available roles to be assigned are:

• Originator: Can create encrypted files, store items and share them with other users.
• Collaborator: Access items shared by other users and download if they have the appropriate rights. Upload items with manage permissions on them.
• Ad hoc: This user role is created when an item is shared with an email address not currently assigned to a user account within your Covata Platform. Ad hoc is not an assignable role at user creation.
• System Administrator: This role provides access to all administration features of the Covata Platform.
• User Administrator: Users with this role can access the Transfer Ownership page of the Administration Interface, providing accessing to the Covata Platform's transfer user ownership feature for items stored on the platform.