SAR redaction software
SAR redaction software, local-first and free for PDFs.
A free desktop redaction tool for the SAR / FOI caseload that UK schools, GP practices, housing associations, NHS suppliers, and small public bodies actually carry. Documents stay on your computer; you decide every redaction.
What “SAR redaction software” means here
A SAR under UK GDPR / DPA 2018 gives the data subject a copy of their personal data, third-party information redacted. The work splits in two: deciding what is in-scope, then redacting it. SureRedact is built for the redaction step.
- Local-first — runs on your computer; never sent to OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other AI service.
- You decide every redaction — SureRedact suggests candidates; you confirm or reject each one.
- Audit trail by default — tamper-evident, shipped with the disclosure pack.
- Free is genuinely free for PDFs — no caps, no page allowance, no watermarks, no trial.
Forensic, not a black box on an annotation layer.
The redaction is burnt in at the pixel level — no text under the box, nothing to delete to reveal it, no hidden layer carrying the original. A SureRedact PDF can’t become a published-but-not-really-redacted incident.
For the matter-preparation half
The records-gathering and triage before redaction is the matter-preparation half. SurePrepare is in private pilot — apply.
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Forensic redaction, on your computer.
Free for PDFs, always. macOS and Windows, ready to download.