According to the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact info a domain is registered with must be correct and accurate all the time. In addition, this info is openly accessible on WHOIS lookup sites and while this may not be a problem for firms, it may not be very convenient for individuals, because everybody can see their names and their personal email and postal addresses, all the more so in an age when identity theft isn’t that unusual. For this reason, domain name registrars have introduced a service that hides the details of their clients without altering them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. If it is activated, people will view the details of the registrar company, not the domain owner’s, if they perform a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic top-level domain name extensions, but it is still not possible to hide your personal information with some country-code extensions.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

If you’ve ordered a Linux web hosting from our company and you’ve registered one or more domain names under your account, you will be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of them effortlessly and to keep your personal data intact. Of course, this can be done only with the extensions that support this option. In your Hepsia Control Panel, you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” button next to each of your domains. Its color will let you know whether a domain is Whois Privacy Protected or not and in the second case, you can enable Whois Privacy Protection with only several mouse clicks. Thus, you can shield your personal details even if you haven’t added the service during the signup process. You’ll be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any of your domain names just as easily.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you decide to order a semi-dedicated server package from us, you’ll be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains 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 along with the domain. If you skip this step and you change your mind afterwards, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, through which you can manage the whole semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register with our company after signing up. Renewing or disabling the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as simple and will require only several clicks.