When you register a domain name, you are required to supply a valid address, email account and telephone as per the policy adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This info, though, is not kept only by the registrar company, but is available to the general public on WHOIS lookup sites as well, so anyone can check your details and many individuals may not be pleased with this. As a result, lots of registrar companies have introduced the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which conceals the client’s contact details and upon a WHOIS lookup, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also popular as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these names refer to one and the same service. Today, most of the Top-Level Domains around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-specific extensions that do not support this option.
Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Website Hosting
If you get a shared website hosting plan from us, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains on the condition that their extensions support the service. You can register/transfer a domain name and enable Whois Privacy Protection upon signup or you can enable the service for any of your domains at any time afterwards through the Hepsia Control Panel. The process is surprisingly easy – after you sign in, you will have to visit the Registered Domains section where you’ll see a list of all the domains that you’ve registered through us. For each of them you’ll see an “Whois Privacy Protection” button, which will show you if the service is activated or not. By clicking it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain, or you can deactivate the service if it is currently enabled.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Enabling Whois Privacy Protection for any domain is exceptionally easy in case you have a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain is registered through us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with each semi-dedicated package. If a particular generic or country-code domain name supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will notice a tiny sign to the right of that domain. To activate the service, you’ll have to click on it. In the exact same fashion, you can also renew or disable the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the account activation process too, but since the service is optional, we will offer you the possibility to add it to any of your domain names at a later point in time in case you think things over and opt to hide your personal info from the general public after you’ve already ordered the account.