Whois Privacy Protection, sometimes also referred to as Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the genuine contact info of domain name registrants on WHOIS check websites. Without such protection, the name, street address and email account of any domain name owner will be openly visible. Providing fake info during the registration procedure or altering the real information afterwards will just not work, as doing such a thing may result in the registrant losing his/her ownership rights. The policies approved by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, require that the WHOIS info must be correct and accurate all the time. The Whois Privacy Protection service was introduced by registrar companies as a response to the growing concerns for potential identity theft. If the service is activated, the domain name registrar’s contact information will be shown 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 don’t.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting

You can easily enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you’ve registered with our company in case you have a cloud hosting account with us. This can be done through the same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you administer the web hosting account itself, so you won’t need to go through different admin dashboards. In the exact same section where all your active domain names will be listed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each domain whose extension supports this service. The status of that icon will quickly show you 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 haven’t done so during the registration procedure. In addition, you will also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using the exact same icon and the update will take effect instantly.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you decide to order a semi-dedicated server package from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by taking several easy steps. If you order a registration or a transfer during the account activation process, you can get the service together with the domain name. In case you omit this step and you change your mind afterwards, you can activate the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, 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 removing the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as simple and will take only a few mouse clicks.