Whois Privacy Protection, sometimes also referred to as Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the real contact details of domain name owners on WHOIS check web sites. Without protection, the personal name, home address and email account of any domain name registrant will be openly accessible. Supplying false information during the domain registration procedure or changing the real info afterwards will just not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain name registrant losing their domain ownership rights. The policies adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), require that the WHOIS information must be correct and accurate at all times. The Whois Privacy Protection service was introduced by domain name registrars as a response to the arising concerns about possible identity fraud. If the service is activated, the domain registrar’s contact information will be shown instead of the domain name registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domain names support the Whois Privacy Protection service, even though there are some country-code extensions that do not.
Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Website Hosting
You can quickly activate Whois Privacy Protection for any domain that you’ve registered with our company if you’ve got a shared website hosting account with us. This can be done through the very same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you manage the web hosting account, so you won’t have to go through different platforms. In the exact same section where all your registered domain names will be listed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each and every domain 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 specific domain or not and by clicking on that icon you can activate the service in case you haven’t done so during the registration process. Plus, you’ll also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using the exact same icon and the update will take effect momentarily.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Enabling Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is astonishingly easy in case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. If the domain is registered with us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with every semi-dedicated server plan. In case a particular generic or country-code domain name is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you will notice a tiny sign on the right-hand side of that domain. To activate the service, you’ll have to click on it. In the exact same manner, you can also renew or disable the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name during the signup procedure 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 opt to conceal your personal info from the public eye after you’ve already created the account.