Whois Privacy Protection, sometimes also referred to as Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the real contact details of domain registrants on WHOIS lookup web sites. Without such protection, the name, address and email account of any domain name registrant will be openly visible. Providing false info during the registration procedure or altering the genuine info later will just not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain name registrant losing their domain ownership rights. The policies approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), require that the WHOIS details must be valid and accurate all the time. The Whois Privacy Protection service was launched by domain name registrars as a response to the rising concerns about potential identity theft. If the protection service is enabled, the registrar company’s contact info will show up instead of the registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domains support the Whois Privacy Protection service, even though there are some country-code ones that do not.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting

Enabling the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered through us is astonishingly easy in case you’ve got a Linux cloud hosting. You can accomplish this through the same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you administer your hosting account – you’ll simply have to go to 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 Top-Level Domain 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 another registrar. With our Whois Privacy Protection service, you can conceal your personal or corporate contact information with only a couple of clicks and stop worrying that your info might be acquired by unauthorized persons.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domain names by taking a couple of easy steps. If you register or transfer a domain during the signup procedure, you can get the service together with the domain. If you omit this step and you change your mind afterwards, you can activate the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, 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 domains that you register with our company after signup. Renewing or removing the service is just as simple and will require just several mouse clicks.