Three roles, clear boundaries
Every member of a team organization on The Taurus has one of three roles: Owner, Editor, or Viewer. Each role has a defined set of permissions. You assign a role when you invite someone, and Owners can change roles at any time.
The goal is straightforward: give people the access they need to do their job, and nothing more.
Owner
Owners have full control over the organization. This is the role for people who are responsible for the organization's compliance posture, team management, and billing.
What Owners can do:
- Create, edit, and publish transparency notices
- View all notices, campaigns, and organization data
- Invite new members and remove existing ones
- Change the roles of other members (including promoting someone to Owner)
- Manage billing, plans, and payment methods
- Create and configure chapters
- Manage publishers linked to the organization
- Update organization settings (name, defaults, data controller details)
- Delete the organization
Who should be an Owner: Organization administrators, party treasurers, campaign managers, agency account leads — anyone who needs to manage the team itself, not just the notices.
An organization can have multiple Owners. This is useful for redundancy: if one Owner is unavailable, another can handle administrative tasks. There is no limit to the number of Owners, but keep the count small to maintain clear accountability.
Editor
Editors are the people doing the day-to-day compliance work. They can create and manage transparency notices but cannot change who is on the team or how the organization is billed.
What Editors can do:
- Create new transparency notices
- Edit and publish notices (including notices created by other team members)
- View all notices, campaigns, and organization data
- Use organization-level defaults when creating notices
- Work within chapters they have access to
What Editors cannot do:
- Invite or remove members
- Change anyone's role
- Access billing or payment settings
- Create or configure chapters
- Change organization settings
- Delete the organization
Who should be an Editor: Campaign staff creating notices, compliance officers drafting transparency disclosures, agency employees managing client notices. Anyone who needs to create and publish but does not need administrative control.
Viewer
Viewers have read-only access. They can see everything in the organization but cannot create or change anything.
What Viewers can do:
- View all transparency notices and their details
- View campaigns and organization data
- View the member list
What Viewers cannot do:
- Create, edit, or publish notices
- Invite or remove members
- Access billing settings
- Change any organization settings
Who should be a Viewer: External auditors reviewing your compliance records, senior leadership who wants visibility without editing, legal counsel reviewing notices before publication. Anyone who needs to see the data but should not modify it.
Choosing the right role
| Task | Owner | Editor | Viewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| View notices and campaigns | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create and edit notices | Yes | Yes | No |
| Publish notices | Yes | Yes | No |
| Invite and remove members | Yes | No | No |
| Change member roles | Yes | No | No |
| Manage billing | Yes | No | No |
| Configure organization settings | Yes | No | No |
| Delete organization | Yes | No | No |
Changing roles
Any Owner can change the role of any other member at any time. Navigate to the Members page, find the member, and select a new role from the dropdown. The change takes effect immediately.
One safeguard applies: the organization must always have at least one Owner. If you are the sole Owner, you cannot change your own role until you promote someone else to Owner first.
Audit trail
All role changes are recorded in the organization's audit log. The log captures who made the change, what role was assigned, and when it happened. This provides a clear record for compliance reviews and internal governance.