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docs: document Data Explorer access control and correct CORS - #1703

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…ption (EDU-1304)

Add an Access control section to the Cloud and Enterprise Data Explorer
pages covering the two mechanisms that actually govern access: participant
roles and the credentials assigned to a data-link. State explicitly that
there is no per-bucket or per-workspace setting to disable downloads or
uploads while leaving browsing available.

Correct the CORS misconception. CORS is browser-enforced and enables
specific browser upload, multi-file download, and genome preview paths.
It is not an access-control mechanism and has no effect on access through
the API, the Seqera Platform CLI, or cloud provider tools. An admin who
leaves CORS unconfigured expecting it to block Data Explorer downloads
gets a false sense of security.

Enterprise additionally documents TOWER_DATA_EXPLORER_ENABLED as the only
complete off-switch and names TOWER_DATA_EXPLORER_CLOUD_DISABLED_WORKSPACES
as explicitly not a download control. Also removes a stray Cloud-only line
about contacting an account executive that had been copied onto the
Enterprise page.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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