When you register a domain name, you have to provide a genuine street address, email account and telephone number as per the policies adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This information, however, is not kept only by the domain name registrar, but is visible to the public on WHOIS lookup sites as well, so anybody can check your details and some individuals may not be OK with this. As a result, plenty of companies have come up with the so-called Whois Privacy Protection service, which hides the domain registrant’s info and upon a WHOIS check, people will view the details of the registrar company, not the domain owner’s. This service is also popular as Privacy Protection or Whois Privacy Protection, but all these names refer to the exact same service. At the moment, most of the top-level domain names around the globe allow Whois Privacy Protection to be enabled, but there are still country-specific extensions that do not support the service.

Whois Privacy Protection in Shared Hosting

If you get a shared hosting plan from us, you’ll be able to activate Whois Privacy Protection for any of your domain names on the condition that their extensions support the service. You can register/transfer a domain name and enable Whois Privacy Protection upon signup or you can activate the service for any of your domain names at any time afterwards via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. The process is extremely easy – once you log in, you’ll have to go to the Registered Domains section where you’ll see a list of all the domains that you’ve registered through our company. For each one of them you’ll see an “Whois Privacy Protection” button, which will inform you if the service is enabled or not. By clicking on it, you can either Whois Privacy Protect the domain name, or you can disable the service if it is currently activated.

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 domain names by taking several simple steps. If you order a registration/transfer during the signup 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 add the Whois Privacy Protection service from the Hepsia Control Panel’s Registered Domains section, through which you can manage the whole semi-dedicated account. This is also the place where you can activate Whois Privacy Protection for all other domain names that you register with us after signup. Renewing or disabling the Whois Privacy Protection service is just as simple and will take no more than a couple of mouse clicks.