Access is decided at three layers, from narrowest to broadest: the collection, its workspace, and any organisation above it. They’re deliberately separate — being in the organisation doesn’t by itself open a workspace’s private collections.

Collection roles

Each collection grants people one of three roles directly:

Role View Filter / explore / export Edit metadata & images Manage sharing & settings Delete
Reader
Contributor
Owner

“Edit images” covers the per-image actions (replace, rotate, flip, remove) and metadata re-upload — see Data tab.

Visibility vs. roles

Visibility widens who can view, independently of the role grants above:

Visibility Who can open it
Private Only people with a collection role (or via workspace access).
Unlisted Anyone with the link — not listed in public browse/search.
Public Anyone; listed in the public gallery and search.

Public/unlisted grant view only. Editing and settings still require a Contributor/Owner role. See Sharing & publishing.

Workspace roles

A workspace is the container collections live in. Workspace roles govern the workspace and its membership:

Role Use collections (per grant) Invite / manage members Manage workspace settings Delete workspace
Member
Admin
Owner

Managing members and recovering deleted collections (the Trash) is covered in Workspaces.

Organisation roles

An organisation groups workspaces for centralized membership and billing:

Role View org workspaces Invite / manage org members Plan & billing
Member
Admin
Owner

Key rule: organisation roles administer the org — they do not automatically grant access to the collections inside its workspaces. A user needs a collection role or workspace membership to open a collection, regardless of their org role. See Organisations.

Putting it together

To give someone access to a collection you can: add them to it directly (Reader/Contributor/Owner), add them to its workspace, or make the collection unlisted/public for view-only reach. Pick the narrowest that fits — collection roles for one dataset, workspace membership for a team that shares many.