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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.

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

Produce reviewed ESI in agreed formats with appropriate redactions, load files and production logs.

27050-3.6 · Production of ESI

Coordinate with external parties and handle privacy and breach incidents per NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 Chapter 4 (Coordination and Information Sharing).

NISTSP61-7 · Coordination, Information Sharing, Privacy and Breach Response

Handle privacy and sensitive content in logs + cloud/SaaS log considerations per NIST SP 800-92 Section 5.11 (Confidentiality and Privacy) + updates aligned with modern cloud-era practice + GDPR + CCPA + sectoral privacy law + HIPAA Privacy Rule.

NISTSP92-7 · Privacy in Logs, Sensitive Content Handling, Cloud and SaaS Log Considerations

Address OWASP LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure + Privacy and Lawful Basis for LLM Processing. Sensitive Information Disclosure occurs when LLM systems disclose training data + user data + system data including PII + credentials + intellectual proper...

OWASPLLM-3 · Sensitive Information Disclosure and Privacy (LLM02)

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 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Redaction?
Redaction appears in the requirement text of EU Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR 536/2014), EU Product Liability Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853), ISO/IEC 27050 - Electronic Discovery (Parts 1-4), NIST SP 800-61, NIST SP 800-92. Across these standards we have identified 6 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 686 frameworks.

See how Redaction applies across compliance frameworks

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