When you register a domain, you are requested to give a genuine postal address, email account and phone in accordance with the policy adopted by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. This info, though, is not kept only by the domain name registrar, but is visible to the general public on WHOIS check web sites too, so anybody can see your information and a lot of people may not be delighted with that fact. Consequently, numerous registrars have come up with the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which conceals the registrant’s contact information and upon a WHOIS lookup, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also popular as Whois Privacy Protection or Privacy Protection, but all these expressions refer to the exact same service. Now, most of the TLDs around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be activated, but there are still country-code extensions that don’t support this service.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

You can swiftly enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain that you have registered through our company if you have a web hosting account with us. This can be accomplished through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage the hosting account, so you will not need to go through different Control Panel tools. In the exact same section where all your active domains will be listed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each domain name whose extension supports this service. The status of that icon will quickly show you if the Whois Privacy Protection service is activated for a specific domain name or not and by clicking on that icon you can add the service if you haven’t done so during the signup process. You’ll also be able to renew or to disable the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using that same icon and the update will take effect straight away.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server package from us, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains in several easy steps. If you order a registration/transfer during the account activation procedure, you can get the service together with the domain name. In case you skip this step and you change your mind at a later time, you can activate the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, through which you can administer the whole semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can turn on the Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register through our company after signup. Renewing or removing the service is just as easy and will require only a couple of clicks of the mouse.