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title: "Accessing audit logs"
slug: "accessing-audit-logs"
abstract: "How to access audit logs to meet data privacy compliance in SItecore Connect."
---
# Accessing audit logs

[Sitecore's Common Audit Log (CAL)](https://doc.sitecore.com/portal/en/developers/sitecore-cloud-portal/sitecore-common-audit-log.html) is a tool that collects audit log events from supported Sitecore DXP apps, including Sitecore Connect. This is particularly useful in helping your organization become HIPPA-eligible. CAL provides the Query API to make audit log events available to authenticated users. The Query API enables you to set up a webhook to send audit logs directly from Sitecore Connect to your organization's systems.

CAL automatically captures users' actions through events and stores the information in logs. The logs include [generic user events](https://doc.sitecore.com/portal/en/developers/sitecore-cloud-portal/en/logged-activities.html) that are managed through Sitecore Cloud Portal, such as `user_password_reset_requested`.

Here's some of the captured data you can access through CAL:

- unique identifier of the logged in user
- action performed by the user captured as a specific event
- UTC timestamp of when the user performed the action