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Redaction

What is Redaction?

The process of removing or obscuring sensitive personal information from documents or datasets before sharing or publication.

Privacy and Data Protection

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as redaction. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on redaction

Requirements naming redaction across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Public authorities should have someone responsible for FOI requests and must respond within 20 working days. Footage that is the requester's own data is exempt from FOIA and handled as a subject access request;

uk-ico-guidance-on-video-surveillance-including-cctv-2022::G.6 · G.6 Public authorities: FOI requests for footage within 20 working days, section 40 applied, redaction considered →

For a video or audio recording of a critical incident (an officer- or custodial-officer-involved firearm discharge at a person, or a use of force causing death or great bodily injury), disclosure may be delayed during an active investigation for up to 45 calen...

california-public-records-act-cpra::s7923.625 · Critical-incident video and audio recordings: disclosure timing, redaction and who gets an unredacted copy →

Effective, consistent obfuscation techniques are defined for data security concerns with criteria for choosing among them (data utility and referential integrity needs, sensitivity classification, location of the store, the perimeters at which elements must be...

edm-council-cdmc-cloud-data-management-capability-framework::4.1.3 · 4.1.3 Data obfuscation techniques are defined and applied →

Article 80 establishes the EU portal as the single entry point for the submission of data and information relating to clinical trials in the Union (the public-facing layer of CTIS).

CTR-Art.80_81_82 · EU portal, EU database and functionality (Articles 80-82) - CTIS →

Article 9(1): Member States shall ensure that national courts may order, on the request of an injured person claiming compensation for damage caused by a defective product who has presented FACTS + EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE PLAUSIBILITY OF THE CLAIM,...

PLD-Art.9 · Disclosure of evidence (PLD Article 9) - the new procedural disclosure regime →

Production fails where the form chosen loses or alters information (conversion that drops or hides metadata, imaging or printing that changes or omits data depending on print settings);

iso-iec-27050-3-2020::6.8.3 · 6.8.3 Considerations to avoid failures →

Questions people ask about redaction

What is Redaction?
The process of removing or obscuring sensitive personal information from documents or datasets before sharing or publication.
Why is Redaction important for compliance?
Redaction is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding redaction helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Redaction?
Redaction appears in the requirement text of UK ICO Guidance on Video Surveillance including CCTV (2022), California Public Records Act (CPRA), EDM Council CDMC - Cloud Data Management Capability Framework, EU Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR 536/2014), EU Product Liability Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853). Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Redaction?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how redaction applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.