Add-On
Redaction
Keep customer and employee information safe — our Redaction add-on programmatically searches and sensors sensitive information for legal or security purposes. Achieve GDPR-compliance with Foxit’s powerful technology.
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What’s in Redaction Add-On?
ISO Standard Markup
Foxit creates technology with the ISO standard at the centre of the design. Our PDF text mark-up is ISO compliant and benchmarked against our top competitors.
Automatic & Smart Redaction
Keep sensitive information safe — create lists of terms that update in real-time to automatically redact from all documents.
With smart redaction, discover patterns within files and create automatic rules to redact specific data.
Robust Functionality
Real-time reporting
Generate redaction reports to record and report on what has been updated. Keep track of everything with our technology.
Customisable redaction areas
Choose the look and feel of your redacted areas by choosing colors, shapes and more with our advanced PDF library.
Redaction by category
Create form and document templates that are categorized to make redaction simple and easy to automate. Simply tag fields by category and create redaction rules around these fields.
Correct suspect OCR PDF results
Find and edit incorrect OCR PDF results to enable accurate file indexing for effective PDF searching.
Safely remove text and media
Foxit's PDF redaction library safely removes text, graphics, and images quickly and easily.
Automatically remove metadata
Metadata can be as important as the information within a document. Automatically remove sensitive data and properties as part of any workflow.
Perform Specific Tasks
Industry Use Cases
Confidential Information Redaction in Legal
Law firms and legal teams regularly handle contracts, case files, evidence, and client records that contain privileged or personally identifiable information. With Foxit PDF SDK’s Redaction add-on, teams can automatically find and permanently remove sensitive text and metadata before documents are shared with opposing counsel, clients, or external reviewers. Smart redaction rules, category-based workflows, and redaction reports help legal organizations maintain accuracy, consistency, and compliance across high volumes of documents.
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Citizen Data Protection in Government
Government agencies must protect citizen records, internal documents, and public disclosures from exposing confidential or regulated information. Foxit PDF SDK’s Redaction feature helps teams search for sensitive data, apply automated redaction rules, and securely remove sensitive content from files before release. This makes it easier to support compliance, reduce manual review time, and share documents with greater confidence.
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Claims Document Redaction in Insurance
Insurance providers process policies, claims forms, medical records, and supporting documents that often contain highly sensitive personal information. With Foxit PDF SDK’s Redaction add-on, insurers can automatically identify and redact key data patterns and remove sensitive content from both document pages and metadata. This helps protect customer privacy, streamline document handling, and reduce the risk of exposure during internal review or external sharing.
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