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Redact & Remove

Redaction removes sensitive content as a controlled release step, not as a cosmetic overlay.

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Problem

Overlay-based redaction can leave sensitive text, objects, or metadata recoverable in the released file.

Use

Search or mark sensitive regions, apply true redaction, and verify the released artifact.

Evidence plan

What this unlocks

  • Permanently remove text and the underlying content (verified)
  • Run from the document workspace once signed in
  • Available for repeatable batch or pipeline workflows

Workflow

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Simple pathForm W-9

Quick OCR and field check

Turn a scanned form into a searchable PDF and verify the obvious fields before routing it.

  1. 1Upload the W-9
  2. 2Run OCR
  3. 3Inspect detected text and form regions
  4. 4Save a searchable copy

Tool chain

OCRForms Ops StudioSet Metadata Studio
Searchable PDFField review notesClean source metadata
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Inputs & outputs

Accepted formats
pdf
Produced formats
pdf

Common use cases

  • Prepare legal productions
  • Remove PII before external sharing
  • Verify sensitive terms are gone before delivery

Workflow steps

  1. 1Search or mark sensitive regions
  2. 2Apply true redaction to the selected pages
  3. 3Run verification and keep the result evidence

Outputs

  • Redacted PDF
  • Redaction verification report
  • Review mark history

Review checks

  • Verify output after redaction
  • Search for sensitive terms again
  • Keep markup and final redacted artifacts distinct

API

Endpoint family: /v1/security, /v1/forensics, /v1/jobs
POST/v1/documents/uploadPOST/v1/ocr/{document_id}GET/v1/jobs/{job_id}/downloadPOST/v1/comparePOST/v1/ai/chatPOST/v1/processing/redact
  • Treat redaction as destructive and verify the output before download.
  • Use scoped keys and idempotency for automated release pipelines.
Integration overview

Limits

Availability
Included in Better
Readiness
beta
Automation
Pipeline-ready

Confirm entitlement, input requirements, and deployment fit in the package and API documentation before you automate this capability.

Integration overview

Evidence

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Evidence

Redaction verification

3 API

Evidence that sensitive text was removed from the generated PDF rather than covered by a visual overlay.

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Evidence

Preflight reports

3 API

Standards, accessibility, metadata, and archival checks packaged as a reviewable publishing report.

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Evidence

Evidence bundles

3 API

A packet of generated files, findings, screenshots, route history, and linked source documents for audits or handoffs.

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Evidence

Decision logs

3 API

Reviewer choices, comments, citations, approvals, and exceptions captured alongside the document workflow.

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Public example workflows

Integration overview
Simple

Quick OCR and field check

Form W-9

Turn a scanned form into a searchable PDF and verify the obvious fields before routing it.

Proof artifacts

Searchable PDF, Field review notes

Complex

Diligence review run

Adobe FY2025 Form 10-K

Compare revisions, summarize changes, extract tables, redact selected passages, and package the decision log for review.

Proof artifacts

Comparison report, Table export

Roles and use cases

Legal and review teams

Legal Ops

Prepare evidence-ready PDFs and review packages.

Connected tools

Compare PDFs, Signature Center, Encrypt PDF

Decision history: Compare review decisionsAudit record: Provenance ledger

Security teams

Security / IT

Control self-hosted processing, active content, and data paths.

Connected tools

Sanitize, JavaScript Control, Codec Policy

Review report: X-ray reportGenerated artifact: Parser diff scan

Governance and compliance teams

Compliance / Audit

Validate standards, signatures, audit trails, and retention posture.

Connected tools

Standards Preflight, Trust Chain Validation, Retention + Redaction

Preflight report: Standards preflight reportVerification result: Trust-chain verdict