Form I-9 Redaction with anonym.plus

HR Solution · Onboarding & Employee Records · IRCA (8 U.S.C. §1324a)

Form I-9 redaction is the removal of identity data from an employment eligibility verification under IRCA, 8 U.S.C. §1324a. The law obliges an employer to confirm work status. anonym.plus marks names, ID numbers, and dates on your own device, so the file stays usable while the data goes.

When this applies

An I-9 lists a worker's name, birth date, and document numbers in one place. You must shield those before a copy reaches an auditor or a shared drive.

How anonym.plus handles it

1. Open the completed I-9 in anonym.plus on your workstation.
2. Local OCR reads any scanned page attached to it.
3. The tool flags names, ID numbers, and birth dates.
4. Confirm each flag and clear any field caught by mistake.
5. Replace each item with a label, or black it out.
6. Save the clean copy. The original never leaves your machine.

What you need to provide

• The completed form (PDF, DOCX, or scan).
• An operator: Replace (swap), Redact (black out), or Mask (partial).
• Optional: a name map if you must re-link a worker later.

PII entity types detected

Compliance achieved

• Supports an employer's verification duty under IRCA (8 U.S.C. §1324a).
• Runs offline, so worker data stays inside your HR team.
• Working copies are kept safe with AES-256-GCM.
• Covers 340+ PII types, far past the few fields on the form.

Limitations & cautions

The retention and inspection rules under IRCA still apply to the original. The tool flags named items, but it cannot decide what an audit may require. Keep the source copy per your retention policy.