In accordance with the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact info a domain is registered with must be correct and accurate all the time. What’s more, this info is openly visible on WHOIS websites and while this may be okay for organizations, it may not be very convenient for individuals, because everyone can see their names and their personal email and postal addresses, especially in an age when identity theft is not that unusual. For this reason, domain registrars have come up with a service that hides the details of their customers without modifying them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. If it is activated, people will see the details of the registrar company, not the domain owner’s, if they make a WHOIS inquiry. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain name extensions, but it is still not possible to hide your personal info with some country-code ones.
Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting
Enabling the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered with our company is surprisingly easy in case you have a Linux web hosting service. You can do this through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you administer your web hosting account – you’ll just have to visit the Registered Domains section where all your domains will be displayed and to click the “Whois Privacy Protection” icon, which will be available for each generic or country-code Top-Level Domain that supports the protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the Whois Privacy Protection service or disable it altogether – if you wish to transfer a certain domain to some other domain name registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can hide your private or business contact details with just a couple of clicks of the mouse and stop worrying that your information might be acquired by unauthenticated people.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you decide to order a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you’ll be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domain names by taking a few simple steps. If you register or transfer a domain name during the signup process, you can get the service together with the domain. If you skip this step and you change your mind at a later time, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you can manage the entire semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register with us after signup. Renewing or removing the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as simple and will require just a couple of clicks.