Whois Privacy Protection, occasionally also referred to as Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the real contact info of domain owners on WHOIS web sites. Without protection, the personal name, address and email of any domain registrant will be freely visible. Supplying false information during the registration process or changing the real details later will just not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain registrant losing his/her ownership rights. The policies approved by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, require that the WHOIS details must be valid and accurate all the time. The Whois Privacy Protection service was introduced by registrars as an answer to the rising concerns for possible identity fraud. If the protection service is enabled, the registrar company’s contact information will be displayed instead of the client’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domains support the Whois Privacy Protection service, even though there are certain country-code ones that do not.

Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Hosting

Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered with us is remarkably easy if you’ve got a shared hosting service. You can accomplish this through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage the web hosting account – you will only have to visit the Registered Domains section where all your domain names will be displayed and to click on the “Whois Privacy Protection” icon, which will be available for each generic or country-code domain name that supports the Whois Privacy Protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the service or deactivate it altogether – if you would like to transfer a specific domain to a different domain name registrar. With our Whois Privacy Protection service, you can hide your private or business contact details with only a few mouse clicks and stop worrying that your info might be obtained by unauthenticated persons.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by taking a couple of easy steps. In case you register or transfer a domain name during the account activation process, you can get the service together with the domain. If you skip this step and you change your mind afterwards, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, through which you can manage the entire semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can turn on the Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register through us after the signup process. Renewing or disabling the service is just as simple and will require no more than a few clicks.