AI Redact by Aetopia

Intelligent redaction for video, audio, documents, and images.

Video and audio redaction

Prepare footage and recordings for safe release.

Detect faces in video automatically and apply masks for reviewer approval before export. Mute or beep sensitive speech in audio. Clips from multiple cameras covering the same incident can be merged into a single asset and redacted in one pass, useful when one incident spans platform, carriage and on‑train footage.

Ideal for Freedom of Information responses, public release, and regulatory disclosure.

Read: when does UK GDPR require redaction?

Document and image redaction

Protect personal data across reports, forms, and files.

Removes names, addresses and personal data from PDFs, scanned forms and still images. Apply consistent redaction standards across high‑volume disclosures, with reviewer approval on every redaction before the asset is exported.

The same review interface and audit trail handles documents alongside video and audio, so cross‑media disclosures stay in one workflow.

Read: how DAM redaction works

Flexible deployment

Redaction without platform or hardware lock‑in.

AI Redact runs with or without an Aetopia DAM platform, and works independently of body‑worn video, dashcam and CCTV systems. It can sit alongside the evidence and incident tools your teams already use rather than replace them.

A standalone capability, or part of wider Aetopia initiatives.

Read: video redaction for UK insurers

Redaction across UK industries

Read how teams in different sectors handle the redaction obligation under UK GDPR.

UK GDPR and CCTV

When the law requires you to redact video footage before sharing it.

Read the guide

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Train operators

CCTV redaction for SARs, British Transport Police handoffs and incident disclosure.

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UK insurers

Dashcam, telematics and premises CCTV in claims handling and disclosure.

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Retailers

CCTV redaction for SARs, employee disciplinaries and police disclosures.

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Frequently asked

What media types can AI Redact handle?

Video (faces in body-worn footage, CCTV and dashcam), audio (selective mute or beep on sensitive speech), documents (PDFs, scanned forms and images) and still images. The same review interface and audit trail covers all four media types in one workflow.

Is AI redaction accurate enough for legal disclosure?

AI handles detection; reviewers handle decisions. Every mask is presented for human approval before the redacted asset is exported, so the standard a disclosure has to meet is the one your reviewers apply, not the model's. The audit trail records who approved what and when, supporting the chain-of-custody requirements that police disclosures, court bundles and regulator submissions all depend on.

Does AI Redact need to be deployed alongside an Aetopia DAM platform?

No. AI Redact runs as a standalone capability or as part of a wider Aetopia DAM rollout. It works independently of body-worn video, dashcam and CCTV systems, so it can sit beside the evidence and incident tools your teams already use rather than replace them.

Which UK sectors is AI Redact built for?

AI Redact applies the same redaction workflow to any UK sector with a GDPR obligation to redact personal data before disclosure. That covers police forces (body-worn video and case footage, where current deployments sit), train operators (CCTV for subject access requests and British Transport Police disclosures), insurers (dashcam and claims footage), retailers (CCTV for SARs and police disclosures), and disclosure teams in both prosecution and defence.

How does AI-assisted redaction compare to manual redaction?

Manual frame-by-frame redaction by a trained reviewer covers roughly ten to fifteen minutes of footage per hour of work. AI handles the detection, leaving the reviewer to confirm or adjust masks rather than draw them from scratch. Throughput typically improves by an order of magnitude, with the same reviewer-approved quality and audit trail.

Built for operational teams

Control, accuracy, and accountability.

AI speeds up detection. Reviewers retain control over every redaction decision before export. Playback controls, review tools and automatic saving keep long or complex tasks moving without risk of lost work.

The balance matters when disclosure deadlines bite, and accuracy under pressure is the difference between a clean release and a regulator complaint.

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