---
id: "redaction"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "redaction"
language: "en"
category: "Registration data and privacy"
updated: "2026-10-10T09:10:26Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/redaction/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/ocultacion/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/schwaerzung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/masquage/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/oscuramento-dati/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/ocultacao-dados/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/skrytie-dannykh/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shuju-zhebi/"
---

# redaction

Hiding personal data, such as an owner's name, phone or address, from public registration data lookups. Since the GDPR, many gTLD registrars redact this data by default. A note may say the data is redacted, and access can be requested.

## related terms

- [GDPR](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gdpr/)
- [disclosure request](https://tldlog.com/glossary/disclosure-request/)
- [Registration Data Policy](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration-data-policy/)
- [privacy/proxy service](https://tldlog.com/glossary/privacy-proxy-service/)