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# Connections
Understanding Private Connections Private connections allow you to:
* Transfer pick-up rights to other parties
* Maintain commercial privacy
* Ensure secure data exchange between organisations
* Control who can see your business relationships
All information about your business partnerships is only visible to your organisation and the connected party. No other entities can access or view this confidential data.
### Creating New Private Connections
The connection process involves 4 steps:
* Step 1: You (the inviter) create and trigger a new connection request
* Step 2: The other entity (invitee) accepts your connection request
* Step 3: Automatic update and encryption of your connections in your wallet
* Step 4: Connection encryption completion (performed automatically)
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Important Tip: Set up your private connections well in advance. If you wait until the last minute, your partner might not be onboarded to SCR yet, which could cause unwanted delays.
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#### To connect to active organisations
If the organisations you want to connect with are already in the active list:
1. Navigate to ‘CONNECTIONS’
2. Click on the ':plus: Add Connection'-button (upper right corner)
3. View the list of organizations already active on SCR platform
4. Choose one or more organizations from the list that you want to connect with (you can use the "search" function)
5. Press the 'Invite to Connect' button (lower right corner)
6. Wait for acceptance.
The other organization must accept the connection request for the connection to be established
#### To connect to new organizations
If the organisations you want to connect with are not in the active list:
1. Click on the 'Invite New Organization' button (upper right corner)
2. Fill in the details of the new organisation you want to connect with
3. Click on ‘INVITE TO CONNECT’
4. If the organisation is already in the onboarding process, a connection request will be sent automatically
5. Wait for acceptance.
The other organisation must accept the connection request for the connection to be established.
#### To manage Connection Requests and their status
You can perform several actions and view different connection statuses
**ACTIVE**
View the list of your established private connections with which you can exchange releases
**INCOMING REQUESTS**
View the list of connection requests where you need to take action (such as accept).
**SENT REQUESTS**
View the list of connection requests where the other party needs to take action (such as confirmation).
**ARCHIVED**
View the list of connection requests you sent that were cancelled
## Arcade test
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