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 correct and accurate at all times. Besides, this information is openly available on WHOIS websites and while this may not be a problem for firms, it may not be very convenient for individuals, since anyone can view their names and their personal postal and email addresses, particularly in times when identity theft is not that unusual. Because of this, registrars have launched a service that hides the details of their clients without altering them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. In case it is enabled, people will see the details of the registrar, not the domain owner’s, if they do a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain name extensions, but it’s still not possible to hide your personal details with some country-code extensions.
Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Web Hosting
If you’ve ordered a Linux cloud web hosting from our company and you have registered one or more domains under your account, you will be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of them without difficulty and to keep your personal info secure. Of course, this can be done only with the extensions that support this option. In your Hepsia Control Panel, you will find an “Whois Privacy Protection” sign on the right-hand side of each of your domain names. Its color will tell you whether a domain is protected or not and in the second case, you can enable Whois Privacy Protection with just several mouse clicks. In this way, you can safeguard your personal details even if you haven’t activated the service during the hosting account activation process. You’ll be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any of your domain names just as easily.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
Ordering Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is astonishingly easy if you have a semi-dedicated server. If the domain is registered through our company, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel that is included with every semi-dedicated server plan. In case a given generic or country-code domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will notice a tiny button on its right. To enable the service, you will need to click on it. In the same manner, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can enable Whois Privacy Protection for a domain upon registration too, but since the service is optional, we will give you the opportunity to add it to any of your domain names at a later point in time in case you change your mind and choose to hide your private information from the public after you’ve already created the account.