When you register a domain name, you need to supply an authentic street address, email account and telephone in accordance with the policies approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, however, is not kept only by the registrar company, but is visible to the general public on WHOIS check websites too, so anybody can check your information and many people may not be okay with that fact. Consequently, numerous domain name registrars have come up with the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the client’s information and upon a WHOIS check, people will view the details of the registrar company, not those of the domain owner. This service is also known as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these names refer to one and the same service. Currently, most of the Top-Level Domains around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-code extensions that don’t support this option.
Whois Privacy Protection in Website Hosting
Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered with us is extremely easy if you have a website hosting. You can do this through the same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage your web hosting account – you will just need to go to the Registered Domains section where all your domain names will be displayed and to click the “Whois Privacy Protection” icon, which will be available for each generic or country-code domain that supports the Whois Privacy Protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the service or deactivate it altogether – in case you want to transfer a certain domain to a different domain name registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can conceal your private or business contact information with just several clicks and stop worrying that your information might be obtained by unauthorized persons.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
Activating Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is really easy in case you have a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain name is registered with our company, it will be displayed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with each and every semi-dedicated plan. If a given generic or country-specific domain name is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you will see a tiny logo on the right-hand side of that domain. To enable the service, you will need to click on it. In the same fashion, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can activate Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name upon signup as well, but since the service is optional, we’ll give 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 opt to conceal your personal information from the public eye after you have already ordered the semi-dedicated account.