When you register a domain, you are asked to supply a genuine postal address, email and phone in accordance with the policies adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This information, however, is not kept only by the domain name registrar, but is available to the general public on WHOIS sites too, so anybody can check your info and some individuals may not be pleased with that fact. As a result, numerous registrars have launched the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the domain name registrant’s info and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not the domain owner’s. This service is also popular as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these terms refer to the exact same service. At the moment, most of the TLDs around the world allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-specific extensions that do not support the service.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered with us is amazingly easy if you’ve got a Linux web hosting. You can accomplish this through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage your hosting account – you’ll only need to visit the Registered Domains section where all your domains will be listed and to click on the “Whois Privacy Protection” logo, which will be available for each generic or country-code top-level domain name that supports the protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the Whois Privacy Protection service or deactivate it altogether – in case you would like to transfer a certain domain to another domain name registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can hide your private or corporate contact details with only a few clicks and stop worrying that your info might be obtained by unauthorized persons.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Ordering Whois Privacy Protection for any domain is stunningly easy if you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. If the domain is registered with us, it will be displayed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that is included with each semi-dedicated plan. In case a given generic or country-specific Top-Level Domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will notice a tiny sign next to that domain. To activate the Whois Privacy Protection service, you’ll have to click on it. In the same fashion, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can order Whois Privacy Protection for a domain upon signup as well, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll give you the chance to add it to any of your domain names at a later time in case you think things over and choose to conceal your personal info from the public after you’ve already created the account.