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Current academic scholarship as well as recommendations by industry professionals provide much support for developers to include client-side encryption to protect the confidentiality and integrity of information.<ref name="Chandra2014">{{cite book |author=Deka, Ganesh Chandra |title=Handbook of Research on Securing Cloud-Based Databases with Biometric Applications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiKXBQAAQBAJ |accessdate=21 February 2016 |date=31 October 2014 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=978-1-4666-6560-6 |chapter=3 Security Architecture for Cloud Computing}}</ref><ref name="Ackermann2012">{{cite book |author=Tobias Ackermann |title=IT Security Risk Management: Perceived IT Security Risks in the Context of Cloud Computing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WFEAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA136 |accessdate=21 February 2016 |date=22 December 2012 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-658-01115-4 |pages=136–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Cloud Computing Sicherheit: Schutzziele, Taxonomie, Marktübersicht |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgNUcgAACAAJ |accessdate=21 February 2016 |year=2009 |publisher=Fraunhofer-Institut für Sichere Informationstechnologie SIT |isbn=978-3-9813317-0-7 |chapter=Communications of the Association for Information Systems 13:Article 24}}</ref>

Examples of [[cloud storage]] services that provide client-side encryption are [[Tresorit]], [[Mega (service)|MEGA]] and [[SpiderOak]]. As of February 2016, neither [[iCloud|Apple iCloud]],<ref name=infosectoday/><ref name=stackexchange>{{cite web |url= http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/58508/does-icloud-use-client-side-encryption |title= Does iCloud use client-side encryption? |date= 30 July 2012 |accessdate= February 21, 2016 |website= Stack Overflow}}</ref><ref name=dataconomy>{{cite web |url= http://dataconomy.com/client-side-encryption-the-latest-trend-in-cloud-storage/ |title= Client Side Encryption: The Latest Trend In Cloud Storage |date= 8 April 2015 |accessdate= February 21, 2016 |author= Tunio Zaffer |website= Dataconomy}}</ref> or [[GoogleDropbox Drive(service)|Dropbox]],<ref name=googledriveinsecure"dropboxnoprivatekey">{{cite web |url= httphttps://downloadwww.cnetdropbox.com/blogen/download-blog/how-to-make-google-drive-more-securehelp/28 |title= HowCan toI makespecify Googlemy Driveown moreprivate secure:key Getfor filemy encryptionDropbox? and|accessdate= strongFebruary password21, protection2016}}</ref> toprovide secureclient-side your stuffencryption. |author=[[Google TomDrive]] McNamaraand [[Google Docs]]<ref>{{Cite web |datetitle=Client-side 8encryption Julyand 2015strengthened |accessdate=collaboration Februaryin 21,Google 2016Workspace |websiteurl=https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/new-google-workspace-security-features CNET’s|access-date=2023-01-24 The|website=Google DownloadWorkspace Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> orreleased client-side encryption in 2021 thereby becoming the first cloud productivity suite ever and the first major cloud storage platform to productionize client-side encryption. Google followed up by releasing client-side encrypted versions of [[DropboxGoogle (service)|DropboxMeet]], [[Google Calendar]], and [[Gmail]].<ref name="dropboxnoprivatekey">{{citeCite web |urltitle=Client-side httpsencryption for Gmail available in beta |url=http://wwwworkspaceupdates.dropboxgoogleblog.com/en2022/help12/28client-side-encryption-for-gmail-beta.html |titleaccess-date= Can I specify my own private key for my Dropbox?2023-01-24 |accessdatewebsite=Google FebruaryWorkspace 21,Updates 2016|language=en}}</ref> provideAs clientof January 2023, [https://support.google.com/a/answer/10741897?hl=en Google Workspace Client-side encryption] is not yet available to free users.

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