Whois Privacy Protection, at times also called Privacy or Whois Privacy Protection, is a service that hides the authentic contact information of domain owners on WHOIS websites. Without protection, the name, street address and email of any domain name owner will be publicly visible. Giving fake details during the domain name registration process or altering the authentic information subsequently will simply not work, as doing such a thing may result in the domain name registrant losing their ownership of the domain. The policies approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), require that the WHOIS info must be valid and accurate at all times. The Whois Privacy Protection service was introduced by domain registrars as a response to the growing concerns about possible identity fraud. If the protection service is activated, the registrar’s contact info will appear instead of the domain registrant’s upon a WHOIS check. Most domains support the Whois Privacy Protection service, even though there are certain country-code ones that don’t.

Whois Privacy Protection in Cloud Website Hosting

Activating the Whois Privacy Protection service for any domain name registered through us is remarkably easy if you have a Linux cloud website hosting. You can accomplish this through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, via which you manage your hosting account – you will only have to visit the Registered Domains section where all your domains will be displayed and to click the “Whois Privacy Protection” symbol, which will be available for each domain that supports the protection service. This is also the place where you can renew the service or disable it completely – if you would like to transfer a given domain to some other domain name registrar. With the Whois Privacy Protection service, you can conceal your personal or business contact details with just a couple of mouse clicks and stop worrying that your details might be obtained by unsolicited persons.