# Permissions for data in Rippling

> Your data permissions determine what information you can see throughout Rippling, in profile pages, reports, dashboards, custom apps, and more.

Your data permissions determine what information you can see throughout Rippling, in profile pages, reports, dashboards, custom apps, and more.

> **Note:**
> Super and full admins have complete access to the data in Rippling.

## Types of data

There are several types of data in Rippling:

-   Employee data
-   Data from Rippling apps
-   Custom, big, and live object data

For more information, see [Get started with the Rippling data model](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/getting-started).

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## Employee data

Every employee field (including custom fields you add to the _Employee_ object) is assigned a permission classification that determines who can see it.

For example, _Annual compensation_ is classified as sensitive data in Rippling. To use the _Annual compensation_ field in a report or workflow, you must either have permission to view the _Annual compensation_ field specifically, or you must have permission to view all sensitive employment data.

### Where permissions are managed

Employee data is managed in **Company Settings > Permissions**.

> **Note:**
> When using an employee's attributes to create a Supergroup, you must have access to an attribute for the scope of the entire company to use it.

For more information, see [Overview of people data sensitivity classifications](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/employee-data-classifications) and [Assign permission to people data](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/assign-people-data-permissions).

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## Data from Rippling apps

Your permission to access Rippling apps determines what data from those apps you can access.

For example, if you have a permission profile that gives you access to manage the Time & Attendance and Payroll apps for your direct and indirect reports, then you’ll have access to the data from those two apps for the employees in your downstream reporting chain.

### Where permissions are managed

For most apps, access is managed in **Company Settings > Permissions**. For some apps, access is managed directly within the app itself.

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## Custom, big, and live object data

You can add data to Rippling and store it in custom, big, or live objects. This includes data you ingest from an external source using a [pipeline](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/pipelines/getting-started) or new objects you create using [SQL](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/transformations/getting-started).

Your permissions determine what you can do with these types of objects:

-   View or manage the schema
-   View, create, update, or delete records
-   View or edit specific field within records

### Where permissions are managed

Data permissions are managed in **Data > Object Permissions**.

For more information, see [Object permissions](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/object-permissions).

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## See also

-   [Overview of people data sensitivity classifications](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/employee-data-classifications)
-   [Assign permission to people data](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/assign-people-data-permissions)
-   [Object permissions](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/object-permissions)
-   [Get started with Supergroups](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/supergroups/getting-started)
-   [Overview of service accounts](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/users/service-accounts)
-   [Get started with the Rippling data model](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/getting-started)
-   [Object types](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/object-types)
-   [Review data lineage](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/data-lineage)
-   [Report permissions](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/reports/permissions)
-   [Dashboard sharing and permissions](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/dashboards/sharing)
-   [Pipelines](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/pipelines/getting-started)
-   [Transformations](https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/transformations/getting-started)

Source: https://developer.rippling.com/documentation/rippling-platform/data-model/permissions

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