Whois Privacy Protection, at times also referred to as Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that conceals the genuine contact information of domain name registrants on WHOIS check sites. Without protection, the personal name, home address and email account of any domain owner will be publicly visible. Supplying fake info during the domain registration process or altering the genuine details subsequently will just not work, as doing such a thing may result in the registrant losing their domain name ownership rights. The policies adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), require that the WHOIS information must be valid and up to date at all times. The Whois Privacy Protection service was introduced by domain name registrars as an answer to the arising concerns for possible identity theft. If the protection service is enabled, the domain registrar’s contact details will show up instead of the domain name registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domain names support the Whois Privacy Protection service, although there are some country-code ones that don’t.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name registered with us is amazingly easy if you’ve got a Linux web hosting. You can accomplish this through the same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage your hosting account – you will 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” logo, which will be available for each domain name that supports the Whois Privacy Protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the Whois Privacy Protection service or disable it completely – in case you’d like to transfer a specific domain to another registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can conceal your private or corporate contact details with only a couple of clicks of the mouse and stop worrying that your information might be obtained by unsolicited individuals.

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 domains by completing several easy steps. In case you order a registration/transfer during the account order process, you can get the service along with the domain. If you omit this step and you change your mind at a later time, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you can administer the whole 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 through us after signing up. Renewing or removing the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as simple and will take no more than several mouse clicks.