When you register a domain name, you are asked to give an authentic address, email and phone number as per the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, however, is not kept only by the domain registrar, but is visible to the public on WHOIS websites too, so anybody can see your details and lots of individuals may not be happy with this. Consequently, many domain name registrars have launched the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which conceals the client’s information and upon a WHOIS lookup, people will see the details of the registrar, not the domain owner’s. This service is also known as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these names refer to one and the same service. As of now, most of the Top-Level Domains around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-code extensions that do not support this option.
Whois Privacy Protection in Hosting
You can swiftly activate Whois Privacy Protection for any domain that you’ve registered with our company in case you have a hosting account with us. This can be achieved through the very same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you manage the hosting account itself, so you will not need to switch between different Control Panels. In the 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 the service. The status of that icon will quickly show you whether the Whois Privacy Protection service is enabled for a specific domain or not and by clicking on that icon you can add the service if you have not done so during the account activation process. Plus, you will also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using the same icon and the update will take effect instantaneously.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server package from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by following a few simple steps. In case you order a registration or a transfer during the account order process, you can get the service along with the domain name. In case you omit this step and you change your mind afterwards, you can add the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you can manage the entire semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can turn on the Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register with our company after signing up. Renewing or deactivating the service is just as easy and will take no more than a few mouse clicks.