Google Now Lets You See Suggestions When Viewing Encrypted Docs on the Client Side

Google just delivered a small but important Google Docs feature. Anyone working inside a client-side encrypted document can now view and act on suggested edits. Editors gain the same controls they have in normal files, i.e., add, change, accept, or reject without dropping the extra security layer that keeps the document’s contents locked behind keys the organization manages.

Until now, encrypted Docs supported comments and action items yet hid purple-lined suggestions. Teams had to drop encryption or copy text into an unprotected file to finish a review cycle. The new release removes that last roadblock, so finance, legal, or health-care staff can keep sensitive drafts secure while still running tracked-change workflows familiar to every Docs user.

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Admins control client-side encryption from the Security section of the Workspace console and can flip it at the domain, OU, or group level. Once enabled, employees open Docs, Sheets, or Slides and pick “Encrypt” under the File menu; the feature then applies to every future revision.

The rollout begins today for Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains and could take up to fifteen days to reach everyone. Google limits availability to Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Frontline Plus customers, matching previous CSE features.

Google says the update brings “user-experience parity” with standard Docs while keeping identity-provider managed keys in place. In other words, you get full review tools, but Google’s servers can’t read the text. The move nudges Docs closer to feature parity with Microsoft Word’s encrypted co-authoring and may convince cautious industries that web-based editing no longer forces a security trade-off.

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