FAQs for Merchants

How does InAcademia validate academic affiliation?

InAcademia uses academic federated identity services which means that it can access information that is directly maintained by the home institution (University) of the user. Using InAcademia,  merchants can  initiate a validation request using the...

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What is academic affiliation?

An academic affiliation is a formal connection between an individual and a student. InAcademia uses the eduPerson schema that is accepted by all members of the eduGAIN interfederation. The affiliation values InAcademia validates are: ‘student’...

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How does InAcademia meet GDPR requirements?

InAcademia achieves privacy by design and privacy by default:  InAcademia only releases confirmation or denial of academic affiliation (and country/home institution where configured to do so) in response to a service provider’s request for a...

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