According to the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact info a domain name is registered with must be correct and up to date at all times. What’s more, this info is openly accessible on WHOIS websites and while this may be okay for organizations, it may not be very convenient for individuals, because anyone can view their names and their personal postal and email addresses, particularly in times when identity fraud isn’t that rare. This is why domain registrars have come up with a service that hides the details of their clients without altering them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. In case it is active, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner, if they make a WHOIS enquiry. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic Top-Level Domain extensions, but it is still not possible to hide your private information with certain country-code extensions.

Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Web Hosting

If you get a shared web hosting plan from us, you will be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains provided that their extensions support this option. You can register or transfer a domain name and enable Whois Privacy Protection during the signup procedure or you can activate the service for any of your domains at any time afterwards through the Hepsia Control Panel. The procedure is really easy – once you log in, you will have to visit the Registered Domains section where you’ll notice a list of all the domain names that you’ve registered through us. For each of them you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” sign, which will show you if the service is activated or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain, or you can disable the service if it is currently active.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

Enabling Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is exceptionally easy in case you have a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain name is registered with us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with each and every semi-dedicated package. In case a particular generic or country-specific Top-Level Domain is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you will notice a tiny logo next to that domain. To activate the Whois Privacy Protection service, you’ll have to click on it. In the exact same way, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name upon signup too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we will offer you the possibility to add it to any of your domain names at a later point in time in case you think things over and decide to hide your personal information from the public after you have already ordered the account.