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Review permissions

To examine what actions a user, role, or application is permitted to perform in a system or on a resource.

In plain English

This means looking at the allowed capabilities tied to someone or something in a system. It is about checking what a user, role, or application is allowed to do with a system or resource.

In context

Here, "Review permissions" asks the user to inspect what actions are currently allowed for the relevant user, role, or application.

Situation
Reviewing app permissions, consent prompts, access scopes, and security warnings
What it communicates
prompts the user to inspect current permissions.

Meaning limits

The term itself does not say whether any permission will be changed after that examination.

Examples

“Elena reviewed permissions for the archive and found that the interns could view files but not move them.”

Core meaning

“Review permissions for the application and check whether it may read or delete records.”

In context