With privacy-sensitive files and documents, it is not enough to think about anonymisation at the very end. The way material is selected, processed, described and delivered has a direct effect on privacy risk. That is why 2dA builds privacy into the workflow from the very start.
Privacy-sensitive information appears in personnel files, client records, case files, correspondence, research files and other document flows. The risk is not only in the content itself, but also in selection, metadata, overly broad access, unclear authorisations or an output that has not been thought through carefully.
We help define the right steps around selection, anonymisation, description, authorisation and output. That can mean shielding certain data, embedding anonymisation as a fixed step in the workflow or structuring the digital delivery differently in order to reduce risk.
Even privacy-sensitive information often still needs to remain searchable, workable or transferable. That is why we look for a balanced approach in which accessibility and protection do not work against each other unnecessarily. The goal is not to make information unusable, but to decide carefully what may be visible to whom.
In practice, privacy almost always touches file formation, metadata, retention periods, access levels and output. If risk is only considered at the end, it is often too late for a genuinely clean solution. That is why 2dA connects privacy directly to the rest of the trajectory.
File digitisation | Metadata and access | Corporate archives digitisation
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