Privacy & Access Control

Reference-only guide to official privacy and access-control resources for data stored on Filecoin.

This page is reference-only.

We do not maintain step-by-step third-party privacy/access-control tutorials in Builder Cookbook. Use the official resources below for implementation details.

Encrypting data for storing on Filecoin

Use these official references for encryption workflows and secure upload patterns:

• Lighthouse encryption docs

• Lighthouse access-control conditions

• Lighthouse SDK docs

When building production flows, validate key management, signer auth, and recovery procedures in your own threat model.

Gated access to your dataset

For condition-based access control and policy design:

• Lighthouse access-control docs

• Filecoin smart contracts best practices

• Built-in actors reference

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