encryption of the data in c#

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hi! guys i just came through this code on Google

public string Encrypt(string plainText)
   {
       if (plainText == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("plainText");

       //encrypt data
       var data = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(plainText);
       byte[] encrypted = ProtectedData.Protect(data, null, Scope);

       //return as base64 string
       return Convert.ToBase64String(encrypted);
   }

and tried to implement it since i had some difficulty in understanding the code .But the problem is i'm unable to run and check how it works because when i try to run i get the 2 errors they are as below:

The name 'ProtectedData' does not exist in the current context

The name 'Scope' does not exist in the current context

idont know what to do

can some body help me out in this

i mean what should i do to make the above piece of code work or can somebody help me out iby explaining the whole program with its working and librires it uses

here are the system namespaces which i used

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

thank you in advance.