diff --git a/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc b/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
index cc70658b..f63b6e0b 100644
--- a/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
@@ -350,6 +350,20 @@
         }
     ],
     /*
+    "documentRightsLevel" defines which initial rights level will be assigned to documents
+    created by users of these user levels.
+    */
+    "documentRightsLevel": {"member": 0, "researcher": 0, "staff": 0, "admin": 0},
+    /*
+    "documentRightsLevels" is an ordered list of rights levels, one of which will be
+    assigned to each document.
+    */
+    "documentRightsLevels": [
+        {"name": "Public", "color": [128, 255, 128]},
+        {"name": "Restricted", "color": [255, 212, 128]},
+        {"name": "Private", "color": [255, 128, 128]}
+    ],
+    /*
     "entities" can be used to store arbitrary data. They can be referenced in
     annotations, info view, or elsewhere. Each entry defines a specific class
     of entity object, its properties and their types (for example an "actor"
diff --git a/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc b/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
index 3fdb7edd..4b67f730 100644
--- a/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
@@ -352,6 +352,20 @@ examples (config.SITENAME.jsonc) that are part of this pan.do/ra distribution.
         }
     ],
     /*
+    "documentRightsLevel" defines which initial rights level will be assigned to documents
+    created by users of these user levels.
+    */
+    "documentRightsLevel": {"member": 0, "researcher": 0, "staff": 0, "admin": 0},
+    /*
+    "documentRightsLevels" is an ordered list of rights levels, one of which will be
+    assigned to each document.
+    */
+    "documentRightsLevels": [
+        {"name": "Public", "color": [128, 255, 128]},
+        {"name": "Restricted", "color": [255, 212, 128]},
+        {"name": "Private", "color": [255, 128, 128]}
+    ],
+    /*
     "entities" can be used to store arbitrary data. They can be referenced in
     annotations, info view, or elsewhere. Each entry defines a specific class
     of entity object, its properties and their types (for example an "actor"
diff --git a/static/js/documentInfoView.js b/static/js/documentInfoView.js
index 79476edd..ec4839d8 100644
--- a/static/js/documentInfoView.js
+++ b/static/js/documentInfoView.js
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ pandora.ui.documentInfoView = function(data) {
     function getRightsLevelElement(rightsLevel) {
         return Ox.Theme.formatColorLevel(
             rightsLevel,
-            pandora.site.rightsLevels.map(function(rightsLevel) {
+            pandora.site.documentRightsLevels.map(function(rightsLevel) {
                 return rightsLevel.name;
             })
         );
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ pandora.ui.documentInfoView = function(data) {
         $rightsLevel.empty();
         if (canEdit) {
             $rightsLevelSelect = Ox.Select({
-                    items: pandora.site.rightsLevels.map(function(rightsLevel, i) {
+                    items: pandora.site.documentRightsLevels.map(function(rightsLevel, i) {
                         return {id: i, title: rightsLevel.name};
                     }),
                     width: 128,