Redact exhibits without uploading your evidence.
Black out faces, license plates and PII in photos and screenshots — the pixels underneath are destroyed, the file never leaves your browser, and every redaction ships a signed certificate.
The duty a careless redaction violates.
One model rule, one well-known technology-competence comment, and a long line of redactions that were quietly undone.
A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client… and shall make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to the representation.
Comment 8 to Rule 1.1 ties competence to "the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology." A redaction that can be reversed — an un-flattened layer, a liftable blur — or an exhibit that still carries its GPS coordinates in EXIF is exactly the inadvertent disclosure Rule 1.6 asks you to prevent. keptimage destroys the underlying pixels and strips the metadata in one local pass.
What a sloppy image redaction can cost.
Reversible "redaction"
A black box on a layer, or a blur, can be lifted — researchers have reconstructed pixelated and blurred faces. Only a flattened fill that overwrites the pixels is defensible.
The location you didn't mean to produce
Phone and camera photos embed GPS coordinates, timestamps and a device serial in EXIF. Produce the image and you may hand opposing counsel exactly where and when it was taken.
A vendor copy to subpoena
Upload an exhibit to a cloud editor and a copy sits on their servers — exposed to their retention policy, a breach, or a subpoena you never anticipated.
Built for what litigators actually handle.
True redaction with a certificate
Mark faces, plates or PII and keptimage overwrites those pixels, then re-encodes the file — there is no hidden layer to peel back. The output ships with a SHA-256 certificate you can re-verify.
EXIF & GPS gone in the same pass
Re-encoding rebuilds the image from raw pixels, so GPS, timestamps, camera serials and editing history are dropped — the metadata scrub is automatic, not a second tool you might forget.
No upload endpoint to subpoena
Files are processed in your browser. There is no server that receives your exhibits — so there is nothing for a vendor to retain, breach, or be compelled to produce.
Phone photos, screenshots, scans
Dashcam and body-cam stills, social-media screenshots, photographed documents — JPG, PNG and WebP all work, and the result is yours to file or produce.
How we compare.
Same redaction. Very different exposure profile.
| Capability | keptimage | Cloud redaction service | iLoveIMG / online editor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image is processed in your browser — never uploaded | |||
| Destroys the underlying pixels (no liftable layer) | |||
| Strips EXIF / GPS metadata in the same step | |||
| Ships a verifiable SHA-256 redaction certificate | |||
| No vendor-side copy to retain, breach, or subpoena | |||
| You can verify zero uploads yourself — watch the network tab |
✓ yes · – partial, depends on workflow · ✗ no. Marks reflect typical default workflows as of May 2026. Dedicated cloud redaction services do destroy pixels, but the file is uploaded and a copy is retained server-side; general online editors vary and rarely strip metadata or issue a certificate. keptimage does all of it locally.
Pricing for firms.
Business
- Every image tool, unlimited use
- Redaction with SHA-256 certificate
- EXIF / GPS metadata scrub
- Images up to 500 MB
- Up to 5 seats on one invoice
- Priority email support
Solo practitioner? Start free — no card, or upgrade to Pro ($9/mo) inside the app.