The extent of authorisations granted to users who can access POL‑on is also determined by Polish law. Provided they are granted the correct permissions, users can:
- enter, edit and browse data – these permissions are granted to all higher education institutions, research institutes and other scientific institutions
- download and edit data – these permissions are granted, for example, to MEiN and some supervising institutions
- download, verify and browse data – these permissions are granted to:
- Statistics Poland and the Polish Accreditation Committee, to the extent specified by the law
- heads of communes (‘wójtowie’), mayors, and presidents of cities, to the extent of the data that is necessary for them to verify whether students are authorised to have Polish Large Family cards (‘Karta Dużej Rodziny’)
- banks, to the extent of the data that is necessary for them to extend student loans.