When you register a domain name, you are requested to supply an authentic postal address, email account and phone as per the policies adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This info, though, is not kept only by the domain name registrar, but is visible to the general public on WHOIS check sites as well, so anyone can see your info and a lot of individuals may not be okay with that fact. As a result, numerous domain registrars have introduced the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the registrant’s contact info and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also known as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these expressions refer to the very same service. Today, 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 the service.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

You can swiftly enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you have registered with our company if you have a cloud website hosting account with us. This can be done through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you administer the web hosting account, so you will not have to use different platforms. In the same section where all your active domains will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each and every domain name whose extension supports this service. The status of that icon will quickly let you know whether the Whois Privacy Protection service is enabled for a given domain or not and by clicking that icon you can add the service if you haven’t done so upon registration. You’ll also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using the exact same icon and the change will take effect instantly.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Ordering Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is astonishingly easy in case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. If the domain is registered through our company, it will be displayed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with each semi-dedicated package. In case a given generic or country-code top-level domain name is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you’ll see a mini sign to the right of that domain. To activate the Whois Privacy Protection service, you will have to click on it. In the same fashion, you can also renew or disable the service. You can order Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the signup process too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we will give you the chance to add it to any of your domains later in case you change your mind and decide to hide your private details from the general public after you’ve already created the account.