A Federated Account with the Jisc Community allows a user to have superior privileges compared to a non-Federated Account. Federated users have complete control over their own content; in addition to creating posts, the user is also able to publish and delete them without the need for external moderation.

Federated users are not able to edit, publish, or delete any other user's content.

We give higher levels of permissions across the site because of the trust placed in the UK federation.  See the UK federation's website for more information about the UK federation and Federated Accounts.

It is strongly encouraged that users with Federated credentials register for a Federated account, or subsequently upgrade by linking their Basic Account to their Federated Account.  Not only are Federated users trusted with more freedom when using the Jisc Community site but also they do not need to use a separate set of credentials to authenticate.  Contact service@ukfederation.org.uk for help in obtaining a Federated Account.

Any permissions associated with a Federated Account will be automatically downgraded to those of a non-Federated Account if the link between a Jisc Community Account and a Federated Account is broken.  At this point, we can no longer rely on the user's identity to have been verified and will no longer allow them as much freedom when using the site.

Jisc does not store any part of your Federated credentials. The only information about your Federated Account used by the Jisc Community website is your persistent-id, which is released by your Identity Provider and contains no personally identifiable information such as email addresses. It is, however, unique for every user, and therefore can be used to identify you on the Jisc Community website.