When you register a domain name, you need to supply a valid street address, email and telephone number in accordance with the policies approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, however, is not kept only by the domain name registrar, but is accessible to the public on WHOIS sites as well, so anybody can check your info and many people may not be satisfied with that fact. As a result, many companies have introduced the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which conceals the domain registrant’s contact information and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also called Privacy Protection or Whois Privacy Protection, but all these expressions refer to one and the same service. Now, most of the TLDs around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be activated, but there are still country-specific extensions that don’t support the service.
Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Web Hosting
You can effortlessly enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you have registered with our company if you’ve got a shared web hosting account with us. This can be done through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you administer the hosting account, so you won’t need to switch between different platforms. In the very same section where all your registered domains will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for every domain name whose extension supports the service. The status of that icon will quickly let you know whether the Whois Privacy Protection service is enabled for a particular domain or not and by clicking on that icon you can enable the service if you haven’t done so during the registration procedure. Plus, you will also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using the exact same icon and the change will take effect straight away.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by taking a few simple steps. In case you order a registration or a transfer during the signup procedure, you can get the service together with the domain name. If you omit this step and you think things over later, you can add the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you can administer the entire semi-dedicated server account. This is also the place where you can enable Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register through our company after signup. Renewing or disabling the service is just as easy and will take just a couple of mouse clicks.