[Retracted] The Rise of Cloud Computing: Data Protection, Privacy, and Open Research Challenges—A Systematic Literature Review (SLR)

Table 4

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
(a). Articles proposing data protection techniques in the context of cloud computing.	(a). Articles other than the English language.
(b). Peer-reviewed articles only.	(b). Articles that are not supported the research questions.
(c). Take the latest study if there are several papers with the same objectives.	(c). Articles providing no validation of proposed techniques.
(d). Comparative studies that compare one or more data protection techniques in cloud computing.	(d). Articles that do not clearly define findings and unbiased results.
(e). Journal papers with impact factors only.	(e). Duplicate studies concerning title or content.
(f). Ranked conference papers only.	(f). Editorials, short papers, posters, technical reports, patents, and reviews.