Redacting Sensitive Information
You can redact sensitive information from documents before sharing them with others. You should redact information if you are sending it to someone and it contains things like PII and PCI.
If a file has a draft redaction you will be able to select to see the original or draft redacted version from the redaction mode.
How to redact something
Items can only be redacted within the SAR application. Items can be redacted within the Full Screen Preview and you can redact specific lines or entire areas.
Within the item full screen preview select Redaction mode.
This will enable extra options to use when redacting items.
Redact a line:
Select the Text selection button within the preview navigation bar.
Highlight the information in the document using your cursor.
Hover over the highlighted area.
Select Mark for redaction.
You can then continue to redact the file or select Save Draft to save it for later.
When you are happy with all the redactions or they have been reviewed, select Finalise to Apply.
Redact an area:
Select Rectangle redaction.
Click an drag over the area you want to redact.
This will place a rectangle on the page.
You can use the circles on the box to change the size and drag it around the screen to move it.
Once it is in the right place hover over the area and Mark for redaction.
Once marked for redaction you can hover over the area again to see how the redaction will appear.
You can then continue to redact the file or select Save Draft to save it for later.
When you are happy with all the redactions or they have been reviewed, select Finalise to Apply.
Drafts
A draft can be reviewed by others before saving a copy and redacting that information. You can use a draft to save a file you are not finished with to come back to and continue redacting.
Finalising a redaction
Once you have everything you need redacted you can finalise all redactions. Once finalised the file can not be amended. If you need to make a change you will have to redact the information again using the original document.
Redaction reasons and personalisation
Adding labels will help subjects and reviewers understand why something was redacted. Labels will also promote transparency and confident in the quality of disclosure.
When redacting information you can add a label to explain why.
Hover over the redacted information before saving final redactions.
Select the style.
From here you can change fonts, add labels and change the redaction colour.