Whois Privacy Protection, occasionally also referred to as WHOIS or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that conceals the actual contact info of domain name registrants on WHOIS lookup sites. Without this service, the personal name, address and email of any domain owner will be publicly available. Giving fake information during the domain name registration procedure or altering the genuine info subsequently will just not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain registrant losing his/her ownership of the domain. The policies approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), require that the WHOIS information must be correct and up to date at all times. The Whois Privacy Protection service was introduced by domain name registrars as a response to the rising concerns for potential identity theft. If the protection service is active, the registrar’s contact info will be listed instead of the client’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domains support the Whois Privacy Protection service, although there are some country-code ones that do not.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

If you order a cloud web hosting plan from us, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains in case their extensions support this service. You can register/transfer a domain name and enable Whois Privacy Protection during the account activation procedure or you can enable the service for any of your domain names at any time later via the Hepsia Control Panel. The procedure is remarkably easy – once you sign in, you will have to go to the Registered Domains section where you’ll see a list of all the domains that you’ve registered with our company. For each of them you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” button, which will inform you whether the service is enabled or not. By clicking it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain, or you can disable the service if it is currently enabled.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Activating Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is incredibly easy if you have a semi-dedicated server. If the domain name is registered through us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with each semi-dedicated server plan. In case a specific generic or country-code domain name is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you will see a mini sign next to that domain. To activate the Whois Privacy Protection service, you’ll need to click on it. In the exact same fashion, you can also renew or disable the service. You can order Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name upon registration too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we will offer you the chance to add it to any of your domains later if you change your mind and decide to conceal your personal details from the public after you’ve already ordered the semi-dedicated account.