Agree totally. Most likely all they want to have redacted is e-mail addresses and that type of information which could be sensitive to an individual in the process of communication prior to this action.

A partial definition of a legal use of the word , 'redaction' is below.

GLTA'

To redact is to edit, or prepare for publishing. Frequently, a redacted document, such as a memo or e-mail message, has simply had personal (or possibly actionable) information deleted or blacked out; as a consequence, redacted is often used to describe documents from which sensitive information has been expunged.