In accordance with the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact information a domain name is registered with must be correct and up to date at all times. In addition, this information is freely available on WHOIS lookup sites and while this may not be a problem for firms, it may not be very convenient for individuals, since anyone can see their names and their personal email and home addresses, particularly in an age when identity theft isn’t that uncommon. That is the reason why domain registrars have introduced a service that hides the details of their clients without changing them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. If it is active, people will view the details of the registrar company, not the domain owner’s, if they do a WHOIS lookup. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain name extensions, but it’s still not possible to conceal your information with some country-code ones.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Hosting

Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain registered through us is extremely easy if you’ve got a cloud plan. You can do this through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage your hosting account – you will only have to go to the Registered Domains section where all your domain names will be displayed and to click the “Whois Privacy Protection” icon, which will be available for each generic or country-code Top-Level Domain that supports the Whois Privacy Protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the service or disable it altogether – in case you wish to transfer a particular domain name to another domain registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can hide your personal or business contact details with only several clicks and stop worrying that your details might be obtained by unsolicited individuals.