When you register a domain name, you need to provide a valid home address, email account and phone in accordance with the policy adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This info, however, is not kept only by the registrar, but is accessible to the general public on WHOIS check web sites as well, so anybody can view your details and a lot of people may not be delighted with that fact. As a consequence, lots of registrars have launched the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the domain registrant’s contact information and upon a WHOIS check, people will view the details of the registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also popular as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these terms refer to the very same service. Currently, most of the top-level domain names around the world allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-code extensions that do not support this option.
Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting
You can effortlessly enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you have registered with our company in case you have a web hosting account with us. This can be accomplished through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you administer the hosting account itself, so you won’t need to use different Control Panel tools. In the exact same section where all your active domains will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for every domain name whose extension supports the service. The status of each icon will quickly show you if the Whois Privacy Protection service is activated for a specific domain or not and by clicking that icon you can add the service in case you haven’t done so during the account activation process. You’ll also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using the exact same icon and the update will take effect immediately.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
Enabling Whois Privacy Protection for any domain is really easy in case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain name is registered through us, it will be displayed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with every semi-dedicated plan. In case a specific generic or country-code domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you’ll see a mini symbol next to that domain. To activate the service, you’ll need to click on it. In the exact same way, you can also renew or remove the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name during the account order process too, but since the service is optional, we’ll offer you the chance to add it to any of your domains later if you change your mind and decide to conceal your personal information from the general public after you’ve already created the account.