From hours to minutes: Dat Pro’s redaction journey with Secure Redact
James England, Director at Data Protection Education
“Straightforward and reliable compared to other redaction services… I was surprised at the level of automated recognition of distant faces.”
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Background and challenge
Data Protection Education is an organisation that provides specialist help for schools to comply with data protection laws, educate staff about data legislation, and manage data lawfully and safely.
Since most schools are not necessarily set up for, nor fully understand, the legal requirements for CCTV redaction before disclosure; Data Protection Education completes subject access requests (SARs) and freedom of information requests (FOIRs), on behalf of schools across the UK.
The automated solution to managing sensitive video data
Previous redaction services were less-than-satisfactory: more manual editing than James and his team wanted, and ‘the value for money just wasn’t there’.
After finding Secure Redact online, he was able to quickly sign up with us and upload a video to begin redacting in minutes.
“I was pleasantly surprised at the high level of accuracy the automated redaction provided.”
Secure Redact sign-up was straightforward, and with ‘excellent support guides’ and easy-to-use tools, no training on the system was required.
“We needed a system that was simple and automated, one that would allow us to handle sensitive data with ease.”
The value of the Secure Redact platform
Secure Redact's core benefit was simple: thanks to automated redaction, James and his team could have a significant cut in response times - even when dealing with such highly sensitive data.
The process of uploading, editing and redacting videos was cut down to minutes instead of hours - thanks to Secure Redact’s speed, accuracy and, as a result, reliability.
For Data Protection Education, Secure Redact was more than a tool – it was a transformative solution to their business, which meant they could focus on their mission to educate and support schools around data.