In accordance with the policies adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the contact information a domain name is registered with must be valid and accurate all the time. Additionally, this info is openly available on WHOIS lookup sites and while this may be okay for companies, it may not be very convenient for individuals, since everyone can see their names and their personal email and street addresses, especially in times when identity theft isn’t that uncommon. This is the reason why registrars have introduced a service that conceals the details of their clients without editing them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. In case it is active, people will view the details of the registrar company, not those of the domain owner, if they perform a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic TLD extensions, but it is still impossible to hide your personal info with some country-code ones.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting

If you get a cloud hosting plan from us, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains in case their extensions support this option. You can register or transfer a domain and add Whois Privacy Protection during the signup procedure or you can enable the service for any of your domain names at any time afterwards through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is remarkably easy – after you log in, you will need to go to the Registered Domains section where you will find a list of all the domains that you have registered through our company. For each one of them you will notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” sign, which will show you if the service is enabled or not. By clicking it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain name, or you can turn off the service if it is currently activated.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domain names by completing a few simple steps. In case you register or transfer a domain name during the account activation procedure, you can get the service together with the domain name. If you omit this step and you change your mind later, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, through which you can administer the entire semi-dedicated server account. This is also the place where you can activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register through us after signing up. Renewing or disabling the service is just as simple and will take only a few mouse clicks.