Whois Privacy Protection, occasionally also referred to as WHOIS or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the real contact info of domain name owners on WHOIS check websites. Without such protection, the personal name, home address and email account of any domain registrant will be openly available. Giving fake information during the domain registration process or changing the real info subsequently will simply not work, as doing such a thing may result in the registrant losing their domain name ownership rights. The policies adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, require that the WHOIS information must be correct and up to date at all times. The Whois Privacy Protection service was launched by domain name registrars as an answer to the rising concerns about potential identity theft. If the service is activated, the registrar company’s contact information will be displayed instead of the domain registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domain names support the Whois Privacy Protection service, although there are certain country-code ones that do not.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting

If you have ordered a Linux cloud package from us and you’ve registered one or more domain names under your account, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of them with ease and to keep your private details safe. Of course, this can be done only with the TLD extensions that support such a service. In your Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you’ll find an “Whois Privacy Protection” symbol next to each of your domains. Its colour will tell you if a domain is protected or not and in the second case, you can activate Whois Privacy Protection with only a few clicks of the mouse. Thus, you can shield your private information even if you haven’t added the service upon signup. You’ll be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any of your domains just as easily.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Ordering Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is exceptionally easy if you have a semi-dedicated server. If the domain name is registered with our company, it will be displayed 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 Top-Level Domain is Whois Privacy Protection-eligible, you’ll see a mini button to the right of that domain. To enable the Whois Privacy Protection service, you will have to click on it. In the very same way, you can also renew or remove the service. You can activate Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the signup procedure as well, but since the service is optional, we’ll give you the opportunity to add it to any of your domains at a later time if you change your mind and choose to conceal your personal details from the public eye after you’ve already ordered the account.