# Account Overview

## Roles

<table><thead><tr><th width="224">Role</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Subscriber</td><td>Reserved for "free" Zephyr users with limited access to information</td></tr><tr><td>Independent Operator</td><td>A user that has purchased an individual license. Has access to purchased scenarios and all of their flight data.</td></tr><tr><td>Student</td><td>Belongs to a Course at an Institution. Can view assignments, institution and course announcements, and can access scenarios provided by the institution.</td></tr><tr><td>Instructor</td><td>Belongs to an Institution and registered to Courses. Can invite students, manage courses, and manage assignments. Has access to scenarios provided by the institution.</td></tr><tr><td>Institution Admin</td><td>Belongs to an Institution. Can manage billing for the institution, invite institution admins, instructors, and students, manage courses, manage assignments, and manage announcements for the institution.<br><br>In the case of "Site License" institution billing types, can manage license assignment</td></tr></tbody></table>

## K12 Accounts

In some cases, an institution on Zephyr may qualify as a "K12" institution, an institution where the students are generally considered under the age of 18. This feature was introduced to the platform as a way to maintain COPPA compliance.

If an institution is marked as K12, the students that register under that institution will be flagged as a "K12 Student."

K12 students will have limited access to features on the Zephyr site to safeguard the student against services that have been deemed inappropriate for their age.

## Password Rotation Policies

Some institution policies require a password rotation mandate for their users. Zephyr allows an institution-wide password rotation policy to be set for all users that belong to the institution.

Rotation Options are Not Required, 90, 180, and 365 days.

{% hint style="info" %}
In cases where a user belongs to two institutions with password rotation policies, the institution with the stricter policy will be used.

For example, if a user belongs to one institution with a 90 day rotation policy and another institution with a 365 day rotation policy, the 90 day rotation policy will be used.
{% endhint %}


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