In accordance with the policies approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact information a domain is registered with must be correct and up to date all the time. At the same time, this info is publicly accessible on WHOIS lookup web sites and while this may be okay for firms, it may not be very acceptable for individuals, since anyone can view their names and their personal email and postal addresses, especially in an age when identity fraud is not that atypical. That is why registrars have launched a service that conceals the details of their customers without editing them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. In case it’s enabled, people will view the details of the registrar company, not those of the domain owner, if they do a WHOIS lookup. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain extensions, but it is still not possible to conceal your details with some country-code ones.
Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting
You can easily activate 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 achieved through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage the hosting account, so you will not have to switch between different admin interfaces. In the same section where all your registered domains will be listed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each and every domain whose extension supports this option. The status of this icon will quickly show you whether the Whois Privacy Protection service is activated for a certain domain or not and by clicking that icon you can add the service in case you have not done so during the registration procedure. Moreover, you will also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using the same icon and the change will take effect immediately.
Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
Activating Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name is exceptionally easy in case you have a semi-dedicated server. As long as the domain name is registered with us, it will be listed in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel that comes with each and every semi-dedicated server package. If a particular generic or country-specific Top-Level Domain supports Whois Privacy Protection, you will see a tiny sign on its right. To activate the service, you’ll need to click on it. In the very same way, you can also renew or deactivate the service. You can order Whois Privacy Protection for a domain during the account order process too, but since the service is optional, we’ll offer you the possibility to add it to any of your domain names at a later time in case you think things over and opt to hide your private information from the public after you have already ordered the semi-dedicated account.