Manual Redaction Tools

80% improvement in efficiency compared with photocopying and marker pen techniques.

What is it?

Manual redaction is the default operation mode and enables the user to manually black out sensitive information immediately. When selecting the ‘Rectangle Redaction’ or ‘Scribble Redaction’ tools, intricate points or entire pages can be removed.

Why use it?

This redaction feature saves time and improves productivity compared with using the traditional approach of printing out documents and using a marker pen to ‘black out’ information and words.

When to use it?

Manual redaction is used within documents that have no structure or pre-defined standard format. Exemption codes* can then be applied before the redacted copy and audit copy output files are generated.

*e.g. Freedom of Information section 40 code, which indicates that it relates to personal information.

Who has benefited?

Trafford Council adopted e-Redact and consequently reduced their daily redacting processing time from 4 hours to 40 mins.

The manual redaction tool allows information to be removed quickly and easily using the rectangle or scribble redaction tools.
Manual redaction has been proven to redact files 80% more efficiently than other conventional photocopying and marker pen redaction techniques.

The Home Office

The benefits of e-Redact

Fast and secure

The manual redaction tool allows information to be removed quickly and easily using the rectangle or scribble redaction tools.

No more manual redaction

The manual redaction has been proven to redact files 80% more efficiently than other conventional photocopying and marker pen redaction techniques.

100% FoI, DPA & EIR compliant

All e-Redact tools are 100% compliant with the Freedom of Information (FoI), Data Protection Act (DPA) and Environmental Information Request (EIR) legislation.

Flexible

Redact any point within any document, scanned paper file, email, spreadsheet, well any file at all really. The manual tool can remove tiny intricate points in a file or entire pages, it’s up to you.

Irreversible

Redactions applied cannot be undone within the Redacted Copy file providing total peace of mind.

Environmentally friendly

e-Redact removes the need to repeat photocopy and physically remove information from paper-based files as all redactions are carried out online. Even paper-based files do not need to be re-printed after scanning into e-Redact.