Vaccination Record Redaction with anonym.plus

HR Solution · Health, Safety & Employers' Liability · Equality Act 2010 s.60 (health questions)

Vaccination record redaction is the removal of personal data from an immunisation proof kept confidential under Equality Act 2010 s.60. The section limits health questions and the use of the answers, and the data is special category under UK GDPR Art. 9. anonym.plus marks each detail on your device, so the status stays verifiable while the worker is shielded.

When this applies

A proof shows the worker, the vaccine, the dates, and the clinic. You trim the identifiers before a status copy goes to a manager or auditor.

How anonym.plus handles it

1. Open the proof in anonym.plus on your device.
2. Local OCR reads a scanned vaccination record.
3. The tool flags names, dates, and clinics.
4. Keep the plain vaccinated status line.
5. Swap or black out the confirmed items.
6. Save the clean copy locally.

What you need to provide

• The immunisation proof (PDF, image, or scan).
• An operator (Replace keeps the status readable).
• Optional allow-list for the status line.

PII entity types detected

Compliance achieved

• Backs the health-question limit in Equality Act 2010 s.60 and guards against indirect discrimination under s.19, since a refusal or exemption can expose a disability under s.6 or a religion or belief under s.10.
• Treats the proof as data concerning health under UK GDPR Art. 9(1), usually on Art. 9(2)(b) or Art. 9(2)(h) rather than consent, which is rarely freely given at work (Art. 7(4)).
• Records the status, not the whole record: where an effective vaccine exists against a biological agent identified in the assessment, COSHH 2002 expects it to be offered, and Great Britain has no general statutory vaccination requirement for workers since the care-sector condition of deployment was revoked in 2022.
• Cuts the shared copy to a single status line, per minimisation in UK GDPR Art. 5(1)(c). Offline work keeps immunisation data off any server.

Limitations & cautions

An exemption note can reveal a condition or belief the Equality Act protects. The tool flags listed fields, yet context may still hint at it. Share only the status the role needs, and store the proof apart.