In accordance with the policy approved by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the contact info a domain is registered with must be valid and accurate all the time. In addition, this info is freely accessible on WHOIS lookup websites and while this may be okay for companies, it may not be very convenient for individuals, because everybody can see their names and their personal street and email addresses, all the more so in an age when identity theft is not that infrequent. That is the reason why domain name registrars have come up with a service that hides the details of their clients without changing them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. If it is active, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner, if they make a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic TLD extensions, but it’s still impossible to hide your private info with certain country-code extensions.
Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Web Hosting
You can swiftly activate Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you have registered through our company in case you’ve got a shared web hosting account with us. This can be done through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage the web hosting account itself, so you won’t have to switch between different admin interfaces. In the 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 each icon will quickly let you know if the Whois Privacy Protection service is enabled for a given domain name or not and by clicking on that icon you can add the service in case you have not done so during the registration process. Moreover, you’ll also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using the very same icon and the update will take effect right away.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you decide to order a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by following a couple of simple steps. In case you order a registration/transfer during the signup process, you can get the service together with the domain name. If you omit this step and you think things over 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 activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register through us after the signup procedure. Renewing or deactivating the service is just as easy and will take no more than a few clicks of the mouse.