In accordance with the policy adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact information a domain name is registered with must be correct and accurate all the time. Plus, this information is openly accessible on WHOIS websites and while this may be OK for firms, it may not be very acceptable for individuals, since everybody can see their names and their personal email and home addresses, particularly in an age when identity theft isn’t that infrequent. This is the reason why registrars have introduced a service that conceals the details of their customers without altering them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. If it’s active, people will view the details of the registrar, not those of the domain owner, if they perform a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain name extensions, but it is still impossible to hide your information with certain country-code ones.

Whois Privacy Protection in Web Hosting

If you get a web hosting plan from us, you will be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domains on the condition that their extensions support the service. You can register or transfer a domain and add Whois Privacy Protection upon signup or you can enable the service for any of your domain names at any time later through the Hepsia Control Panel. The process is really easy – once you sign in, you’ll need to visit the Registered Domains section where you will see a list of all the domain names that you’ve registered through us. For each of them you will notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” button, which will tell you if the service is activated or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain name, or you can deactivate the service if it is currently activated.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you will be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domain names in several simple steps. If you register or transfer a domain name during the account order process, you can get the service together with the domain. If you omit this step and you change your mind at a later point in time, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, via which you can manage 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 with our company after signup. Renewing or deactivating the service is just as easy and will require just a couple of mouse clicks.