When you register a domain, you need to supply a valid postal address, email and phone in accordance with the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, however, is not kept only by the registrar, but is accessible to the public on WHOIS websites too, so anyone can see your details and many people may not be happy with that fact. As a result, a lot of registrar companies have introduced the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the client’s info and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also called Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these expressions refer to the very same service. As of now, most of the TLDs around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be added, but there are still country-code extensions that don’t support the service.
Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting
If you order a web hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains as long as their extensions support this option. You can register/transfer a domain name and add Whois Privacy Protection during the signup process or you can enable the service for any of your domains at any moment later via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is incredibly easy – once you log in, you will need to go to the Registered Domains section where you’ll see a list of all the domain names that you’ve registered through us. For each one of them you will notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” symbol, which will inform you if the service is enabled or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain name, or you can disable the service if it is currently activated.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you’ll be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by completing several simple steps. If you register or transfer a domain name during the signup process, you can get the service together with the domain. In case you skip this step and you think things over afterwards, you can enable the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you can manage the entire semi-dedicated server account. This is also the place where you can turn on the Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register through us after signup. Renewing or removing the service is just as simple and will require no more than several mouse clicks.