When you register a domain, you need to give a valid address, email and telephone number as per the policy adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, though, is not kept only by the registrar, but is visible to the general public on WHOIS lookup websites as well, so anybody can see your information and lots of individuals may not be satisfied with that fact. Consequently, numerous registrar companies have launched the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which conceals the client’s information and upon a WHOIS check, people will see the details of the registrar, not the domain owner’s. This service is also called Privacy Protection or Whois Privacy Protection, but all these names refer to the same service. Currently, most of the TLDs around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-code extensions that do not support the service.

Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Hosting

You can quickly enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain that you’ve registered through our company if you’ve got a shared hosting account with us. This can be accomplished through the same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you manage the hosting account itself, so you will not have to switch between different Control Panels. In the exact same section where all your active domain names will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each and every domain name whose extension supports the service. The status of each icon will quickly show you if the Whois Privacy Protection service is activated for a given domain name or not and by clicking that icon you can enable the service in case you have not done so during the registration process. Plus, you will also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain using that same icon and the change will take effect immediately.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, you’ll be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by taking a few simple steps. In case you register or transfer a domain during the account order process, you can get the service along with the domain name. If you skip this step and you change your mind at a later point in time, you can add the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, through which you can manage the whole semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can enable Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register with us after the signup process. Renewing or removing the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as simple and will require just a few clicks of the mouse.