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 Data Protection
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-The ASP.NET data protection stack provide a simple, easy to use cryptographic API a developer can use to protect data, including key management and rotation.
+The ASP.NET data protection stack provides a simple, easy to use cryptographic API a developer can use to protect data, including key management and rotation.
 
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