What practice do courts commonly require in order to protect certain personal information on documents, whether paper or electronic, that is involved in litigation?
What practice do courts commonly require in order to protect certain personal information on documents, whether paper or electronic, that is involved in litigation?
Courts commonly require redaction in order to protect certain personal information on documents involved in litigation, whether they are paper or electronic. Redaction is the process of identifying and removing or obscuring sensitive information from documents before they are shared or submitted in court proceedings.
More generally, court rules today require REDACTION of certain personal information by the litigants themselves. REDACTION is the practice of identifying and removing or blocking information from documents being produced pursuant to a discovery request or as evidence in a court proceeding. The rule applies to both paper and electronic filings and to both parties and non-parties filing documents. Specifically, ATTORNEYS are required to REDACT documents.