Whois Privacy Protection, occasionally also called Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the actual contact information of domain name owners on WHOIS web sites. Without such protection, the name, address and email of any domain registrant will be publicly accessible. Supplying fake details upon registration or changing the authentic info afterwards will simply not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain registrant losing their ownership of the domain. The policies adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), require that the WHOIS information must be correct and up to date all the time. The Whois Privacy Protection service was launched by registrars as an answer to the increasing concerns for potential identity theft. If the service is activated, the domain name registrar’s contact info will be listed instead of the domain registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domain names support the Whois Privacy Protection service, although there are certain country-code ones that don’t.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting

Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered with us is amazingly easy if you’ve got a Linux cloud hosting. You can do this through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage your hosting account – you will simply have 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 domain name that supports the protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the Whois Privacy Protection service or deactivate it completely – in case you wish to transfer a certain domain to another registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can conceal your private or business contact details with just a couple of clicks and stop worrying that your details might be acquired by unsolicited persons.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Activating Whois Privacy Protection for any domain is unbelievably easy if you have a semi-dedicated server. If the domain is registered with our company, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with each and every semi-dedicated server plan. In case a particular generic or country-code Top-Level Domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will see a small symbol next to that domain. To enable the service, you’ll have to click on it. In the exact same fashion, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can activate Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name during the account order process as well, but since the service is optional, we’ll give you the possibility to add it to any of your domain names at a later time in case you change your mind and opt to hide your personal information from the public eye after you’ve already ordered the semi-dedicated account.