When you register a domain name, you have to give a valid postal address, email account and phone number in accordance with the policy approved by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This info, however, is not kept only by the domain name registrar, but is available to the public on WHOIS lookup web sites too, so anyone can see your information and some individuals may not be OK with this. As a consequence, a lot of registrar companies have launched the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the client’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 expressions refer to the exact same service. As of now, most of the TLDs around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-code extensions that don’t support the service.
Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Website Hosting
If you get a shared website hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to enable Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains in case their extensions support this option. You can register/transfer a domain name and enable Whois Privacy Protection during the signup procedure or you can enable the service for any of your domain names at any time later through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is exceptionally easy – after you sign in, you’ll need to visit the Registered Domains section where you will find a list of all the domain names that you’ve registered with our company. For each one of them you will notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” symbol, which will show you whether the service is enabled or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain, or you can deactivate the service if it is currently activated.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
Ordering Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is extremely easy if you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. If the domain name is registered with us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each semi-dedicated package. In case a specific generic or country-specific top-level domain name supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will see a small icon to the right of that domain. To activate the Whois Privacy Protection service, you’ll have to click on it. In the exact same manner, you can also renew or remove the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the account activation procedure too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll give you the chance to add it to any of your domains later if you change your mind and opt to hide your private details from the general public after you’ve already ordered the semi-dedicated account.