When you register a domain, you are requested to give an authentic address, email account and telephone number in accordance with the policy adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This information, though, is not kept only by the registrar, but is accessible to the general public on WHOIS lookup websites too, so anybody can view your details and lots of individuals may not be comfortable with this. As a consequence, plenty of companies have introduced the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the domain name registrant’s contact details and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the registrar, not the domain owner’s. This service is also popular as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these terms refer to the very same service. As of now, most of the TLDs around the world allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-code extensions that don’t support this option.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Web Hosting

If you order a cloud web hosting package from us, you will be able to enable Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains in case their extensions support this option. You can register/transfer a domain and add Whois Privacy Protection during the signup process or you can enable the service for any of your domains at any time afterwards through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is amazingly easy – after you sign in, you’ll have to go to the Registered Domains section where you’ll notice a list of all the domains that you’ve registered with our company. For each one of them you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” button, which will inform you whether the service is enabled or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain name, or you can deactivate the service if it is currently enabled.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Enabling Whois Privacy Protection for any domain is stunningly easy in case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. If the domain is registered with our company, it will be displayed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each and every semi-dedicated package. In case a particular generic or country-specific domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you’ll see a mini icon next to that domain. To activate the service, you’ll have to click on it. In the same way, you can also renew or remove the service. You can activate Whois Privacy Protection for a domain name during the account activation procedure too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll offer you the possibility to add it to any of your domain names at a later time if you change your mind and decide to hide your private details from the public after you have already created the account.