A redaction is a solid, rectangular graphic that covers a portion of an item page and provides permanent masking of sensitive, private, or confidential information in an item.
After you add a redaction to a page and generate a redacted item, the system replaces the information that you designate with a solid mask that you cannot move, alter, or hide. For example, you can redact a tax identification number or a social security number from a page so the information is no longer available in the redacted item.
The redaction options available to you are based on annotation templates that your administrator defines with the Redaction annotation type. In Perceptive Content you can add a redaction to an item page stored in one of the following file formats: TIFF, BMP, and JPG. Not all compression formats are supported.
Your organization's business processes determine if you maintain both the original and redacted items in your system. You can, for example, make the redacted item more available while storing the original item in a highly secured area of your system. This enables your organization to maintain the original item as a legal record for auditing, assessment, or litigation purposes. You can place the redacted item in a separate container from the original item or assign a different Type value to the redacted item.
Another option is to maintain only the redacted item in Perceptive Content. When you generate a redacted item, and you save the redacted item without changing its properties, the system automatically appends the redacted item to the original item. You can then delete any pages from the combined item, such as the pages without redactions, that you do not want to keep in your system.