In accordance with the policies adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact info a domain name is registered with must be correct and accurate at all times. Additionally, this information is freely accessible on WHOIS web sites and while this may be okay for firms, it may not be very acceptable for individuals, because everyone can see their names and their personal home and email addresses, especially in times when identity theft isn’t that unusual. That is the reason why domain registrars have come up with a service that hides the details of their customers without modifying them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. If it is activated, people will view the details of the registrar, not the domain owner’s, if they make a WHOIS inquiry. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic top-level domain name extensions, but it is still impossible to conceal your private info with some country-code extensions.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

If you get a web hosting package from our company, you will be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domain names as long as their extensions support the service. You can register/transfer a domain name and add Whois Privacy Protection during the account activation procedure or you can activate the service for any of your domains at any moment later through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is surprisingly easy – once you log in, you will have to go to the Registered Domains section where you’ll see a list of all the domains that you have registered with us. For each of them you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” symbol, which will inform you whether the service is active or not. By clicking it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain, or you can turn off the service if it is currently active.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

Enabling Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is unbelievably easy in case you have a semi-dedicated server. If the domain name is registered through us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with each semi-dedicated server plan. In case a particular generic or country-code domain name is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you’ll notice a mini button on its right. To activate the service, you will need to click on it. In the very same fashion, you can also renew or remove the service. You can order Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the registration process too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll offer you the chance to add it to any of your domain names later if you change your mind and decide to conceal your personal details from the general public after you’ve already ordered the account.