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Associates in SuperOffice are users which consume a SuperOffice license. For these associates SuperOffice creates a so-called hash, based on the record data. When SuperOffice change teh changes the record data a new hash will be created.
When this record data is changed by other means, like DataBridge, the hash isn't changed and does not correspondent anymore with the record data and the user will not be able to login anymore.
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DataBridge will check if the person is also a an Associate. If the person is an associate DataBridge will not change the Person data.