When you register a domain name, you are requested to supply an authentic home address, email account and telephone number in accordance with the policies adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This info, though, is not kept only by the registrar, but is accessible to the general public on WHOIS check sites as well, so anyone can view your info and lots of people may not be OK with this. As a result, plenty of domain registrars have launched the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the domain registrant’s contact details and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the registrar company, not the domain owner’s. This service is also popular as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these expressions refer to the very same service. Today, most of the TLDs around the world allow Whois Privacy Protection to be added, but there are still country-code extensions that do not support this option.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

If you order a cloud web hosting package from us, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domain names if their extensions support this service. You can register or transfer a domain name and add Whois Privacy Protection upon signup or you can enable the service for any of your domain names at any time afterwards via the Hepsia Control Panel. The procedure is extremely easy – after you sign in, you will need to visit the Registered Domains section where you’ll see a list of all the domains that you’ve registered through us. For each of them you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” button, which will tell you whether the service is active or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain name, or you can deactivate the service if it is currently active.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

Activating Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is unbelievably easy in case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain is registered with our company, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with each semi-dedicated plan. If a particular generic or country-code top-level domain name supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will notice a small sign on its right. To enable the service, you’ll need to click on it. In the exact same manner, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name during the registration procedure as well, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll offer you the opportunity to add it to any of your domain names later if you change your mind and opt to hide your personal information from the public after you’ve already created the semi-dedicated account.