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title: Effective permissions
slug: '194'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/194/
collection: glossary
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# Effective permissions
The {doctitle} of an [item](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) indicate which [users](https://docs.coveo.com/en/250/) can or can't access this item in [query](https://docs.coveo.com/en/231/) results.

The [index](https://docs.coveo.com/en/204/) uses the [permission model](https://docs.coveo.com/en/225/) of an item to evaluate its effective permissions when a [security identity update](https://docs.coveo.com/en/244/) is performed.