Who is this article for?

Site Administrators who want to configure password rules for their site.

Site Admin permissions are required.

Removing personal data from your site is important in keeping your organisation compliant with data protection laws.

This article will take you through the steps on how to easily deactivate and anonymise Contacts you store.

1. General Options view

To access General Options:

1. Open the Go To... menu.
2. Hover over Site Admin at the bottom of the menu.
3. Select General (under Site Options).

You will be taken to a page with a list of various site options.

Expired passwords are kept in the backend until they are replaced, and they are not deleted automatically. This is also true for password data used before native login is disabled.

Password data cannot be accessed or retrieved, even by Site Administrators or Ideagen teams.

2. Configuring passwords

To configure password rules:

1. Go to the General Options view.
2. Select 'Passwords' from the list on the left.
3. Click 'Passwords▼'
4. Select 'Edit'.
   You'll see a pop-up modal with several options.
5. Modify the character rules for new passwords.
6. Configure the password expiry.
   We recommend keeping it at 90 days to help protect your data.
7. Click 'Save & Close'.

You will be able to see your rules on the overview page once it refreshes:

Changing default rules?
Remember that the settings you apply here will also impact Users who want to access the Classic application. Make sure you inform all your Employees of the changes!

Further reading

• Changing and resetting passwords