Glossary · Privacy & data
Encryption
Also said as
end-to-end encryptionencryption at restencrypted in transit
Encryption scrambles your data so anyone who intercepts it can't read it — the question that matters is who holds the key.
Why it matters to your business
End-to-end encryption means not even the vendor can read your content; the everyday reality for most cloud tools is weaker encryption where the company's own staff can reach.
The catch · what vendors don't say
'Encrypted' in marketing usually means encrypted in transit and at rest — which still lets the company itself read everything.
