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Litigation and Discovery

What Is Redaction?

Permanently removing privileged, confidential or personal information from a document before it is shared.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Improper redaction, such as black boxes over text that can still be copied, is a recurring and embarrassing error. Proper tools remove the underlying text, and AI can help find personal data that needs redacting at scale.

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Related Terms

Production (eDiscovery)
Delivering reviewed, responsive documents to the other side or a regulator in an agreed format.
PII (personally identifiable information)
Information that can identify a specific person, such as names, addresses, ID numbers, financial details or health data.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.