Whois Privacy Protection, at times also called WHOIS or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the authentic contact information of domain name registrants on WHOIS websites. Without this service, the name, postal address and email of any domain name registrant will be openly accessible. Giving fake details during the domain registration procedure or changing the authentic info later will simply not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain registrant losing his/her ownership rights. The policies adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, demand that the WHOIS details must be correct and accurate all the time. The Whois Privacy Protection service was launched by domain registrars as a response to the increasing concerns about possible identity fraud. If the protection service is active, the registrar company’s contact information will appear instead of the domain name registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domains support the Whois Privacy Protection service, although there are some country-code extensions that do not.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

You can effortlessly activate Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you’ve registered through our company if you have a web hosting account with us. This can be done through the same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you manage the hosting account, so you will not need to use different tools. In the very same section where all your registered domain names will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each domain name whose extension supports this service. The status of that icon will quickly let you know whether the Whois Privacy Protection service is enabled for a specific domain or not and by clicking on that icon you can enable the service in case you have not done so upon signup. In addition, you’ll also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using the exact same icon and the change will take effect instantly.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Ordering Whois Privacy Protection for any domain is remarkably easy in case you have a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain name is registered through our company, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with every semi-dedicated server package. If a given generic or country-code Top-Level Domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will see a tiny logo to the right of that domain. To activate the service, you will need to click on it. In the very same way, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name upon signup as well, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll offer you the chance to add it to any of your domain names at a later point in time in case you change your mind and decide to conceal your personal info from the general public after you’ve already created the account.