Redacted Copy File
e-Redact generates a Redacted Copy file leaving the original file untouched regardless of the source file format.

This key feature is critical to ensuring that information is not leaked by accident post file redaction and the first stage of e-Redact processing is that the original file is 'flattened-off' and a temporary bitmap image is created thus removing any possibility of meta-data / hidden information being published from the original file.

Redacted Copy file = Maximum Auditability
The Redacted Copy file would be provided in a fully sanitised state to the information requestor.  Paper-based redaction techniques make it difficult for the information officer to be 100% sure what has been redacted without referring to the original paper-based file.

e-Redact is designed to work harmoniously with the original electronic file and also the Audit Copy output file which allows the information that has been redacted in the Redacted Copy file to be viewed through a translucent mask.