In accordance with the policies adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the contact info a domain is registered with must be valid and up to date at all times. Besides, this info is freely available on WHOIS lookup web sites and while this may be okay for firms, it may not be very convenient for individuals, since everyone can see their names and their personal postal and email addresses, particularly in an age when identity fraud isn’t that atypical. That is why domain name registrars have come up with a service that hides the details of their clients without altering them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. If it’s active, people will view the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner, if they do a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain extensions, but it is still impossible to hide your personal information with certain country-code extensions.
Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Web Hosting
You can effortlessly activate Whois Privacy Protection for any domain that you have registered through our company if you have a cloud web hosting account with us. This can be accomplished through the exact same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you administer the hosting account, so you will not need to use different user interfaces. In the same section where all your registered domain names will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each and every domain whose extension supports this service. The status of this icon will quickly show you if the Whois Privacy Protection service is activated for a specific domain name or not and by clicking on that icon you can activate the service in case you haven’t done so during the registration procedure. Furthermore, you’ll also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using the same icon and the update will take effect instantly.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Activating Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is surprisingly easy if you’ve got a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain is registered with our company, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with each and every semi-dedicated server plan. In case a particular generic or country-specific domain is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you will see a mini button on its right. To enable the Whois Privacy Protection service, you’ll need to click on it. In the exact same fashion, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can activate Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the account order process too, but since the Whois Privacy Protection service is optional, we’ll give you the chance to add it to any of your domains at a later time in case you change your mind and opt to hide your personal details from the public eye after you’ve already created the semi-dedicated account.