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When it comes to a project, there are two main options for sharing settings: public or private. The private sharing setting limits access to only specified users and teams. By default, all new Synapse projects are set to private, and you can manually add collaborators and/or allowed users as needed. You can then specify individual permissions for any of these private users. If you set your project to public, you can also specify permissions for any registered Synapse user, as well as to allow anyone on the web to view an item (more on permissions below).
To view and modify sharing settings on a project, go to that project and click Project Settings in the top right corner, and select Project Sharing Settings from the resulting dropdown menu.
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View permissions give you the ability to see that something in Synapse exists (like the name of a project, file, folder, or table). You can discover the item using Synapse search, and it will be visible to you if included in a /wiki/spaces/DOCS/pages/2011038095 or a /wiki/spaces/DOCS/pages/2011070739. If there are annotations associated are annotations associated with it, you can see these as well, however you cannot see the table or file contents. For example, if you have view permissions on a file, you will be able to see the file name and associated annotations, but you will not be able to see a preview of the file or download it.
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Conditions for use are put in place to define/restrict how users who have permission to download data may use it. These conditions are placed on controlled access data. Conditions for use may include IRB approval or other restrictions that you define as the data contributor.
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To set conditions for use for folders, files, and tables in Synapse, navigate to the item and click the Add Conditions for Use link button.
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The resulting pop-up window will ask you if the data is sensitive human data that must be protected. If you answer yes, the ACT will reach out to you to assist in setting the appropriate conditions for use. If you answer no, but still feel that your data requires conditions for use, contact the ACT to discuss your needs (act@synapse.org). Note that once you click the Add Conditions for Use button, your data will no longer be accessible to others until conditions for use have been established with the ACT.
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