When you register a domain name, you have to supply a genuine street address, email and phone number as per the policy adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, however, is not kept only by the registrar company, but is visible to the public on WHOIS websites as well, so anyone can view your info and some individuals may not be delighted with this. As a result, lots of companies have introduced the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the domain name registrant’s info and upon a WHOIS lookup, people will view the details of the registrar, not those of the domain owner. This service is also known as Privacy Protection or Whois Privacy Protection, but all these terms refer to one and the same service. At the moment, most of the Top-Level Domains around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be added, but there are still country-specific extensions that don’t support this option.

Whois Privacy Protection in Hosting

If you get a hosting plan from us, you will be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domain names on the condition that their extensions support this option. You can register/transfer a domain and add Whois Privacy Protection during the account activation process or you can activate the service for any of your domain names at any time afterwards through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is extremely easy – after you sign in, you’ll need to visit the Registered Domains section where you’ll find a list of all the domain names that you’ve registered through us. For each of them you’ll notice an “Whois Privacy Protection” logo, which will inform you if the service is enabled or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain, or you can turn off the service if it is currently active.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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 by following a few simple steps. In case you order a registration/transfer during the account activation procedure, you can get the service along with the domain. If you skip this step and you change your mind at a later time, you can order the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, through which you can manage the entire semi-dedicated server account. This is also the place where you can turn on the Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register with our company after the signup procedure. Renewing or disabling the service is just as simple and will require just a few mouse clicks.