In accordance with the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact info a domain is registered with must be valid and accurate at all times. Plus, this info is freely accessible on WHOIS sites and while this may be OK for organizations, 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 atypical. That’s the reason why domain registrars have introduced a service that hides the details of their customers without modifying them. The service is referred to as Whois Privacy Protection. In case it’s enabled, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not those of the domain owner, if they make a WHOIS search. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic top-level domain name extensions, but it’s still impossible to conceal your private details with certain country-code ones.

Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Web Hosting

You can easily enable Whois Privacy Protection for any domain name that you have registered through our company if you have a shared web hosting account with us. This can be accomplished through the same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you administer the hosting account itself, so you won’t have to use different platforms. In the very same section where all your active domains will be displayed, there will be an “Whois Privacy Protection” icon for each and every domain whose extension supports this option. The status of each icon will quickly show you if the Whois Privacy Protection service is enabled for a certain domain or not and by clicking on that icon you can add the service in case you haven’t done so during the account activation process. Plus, you’ll also be able to renew or to deactivate the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name using that same icon and the update will take effect right away.

Whois Privacy Protection in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose to order a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you’ll be able to add Whois Privacy Protection to any of your domains by completing a couple of simple steps. In case you register or transfer a domain during the account order process, you can get the service together with the domain. In case you omit this step and you think things over 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 administer the entire semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domains that you register with us after signup. Renewing or removing the service is just as easy and will take no more than a couple of mouse clicks.