Current domain registration regulations require that your private contact information be included in a publicly accessible database known as WhoIs. This means that your private information is displayed and made available to anyone that wants to see it, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Domain Privacy (aka “Domain ID Protection”) prevents people from using WhoIs services to harvest your private contact information.
Domain Privacy works in the same way as having an unlisted phone number: it prevents people from gaining access to your address, phone number, and other private information.
A domain name with Domain Privacy can shield you from:
- Domain related spam
- Identity theft and fraud
- Harassers, stalkers, and data miners
- Name hijackers
- Privacy intrusions and more…
Domain Privacy works by…
Shielding your private information
ID protect insures that your private contact information is not exposed. It is held in confidentiality and protected by the Domain Privacy Protection Service. Their contact information is displayed to provide you with the highest level of protection against spammers and identity theft.
Offering you complete control
You retain full legal ownership and control over your domain name. You can sell, renew, transfer and change settings to your domain name just the same as before. Your domain control panel provides you real-time access to easily manage your domain name.
This service is only available for “.com” and “.net” domain names registered with us.
Purchase Domain Privacy with your domain name when signing up for a new domain and hosting service or add it to existing domains in your account console.
Example of a public registration and a private registration using Domain Privacy.
Public WHOIS | Private WHOIS |
DOMAIN DETAILS Domain name: examplewhois.com Creation date: 16.12.2004 Expiration date: 16.12.2019 Status: ok Registrant ID: 98761 Registrant Name: John Smith Registrant Address: 123 Aero Street Hometown, NSW 2000 Australia Registrant phone: +61 4123 456 789 Registrant fax: +61 2 9867 9898 Email:Johnsmith@email.comADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT Admin name: John Smith Admin Organisation: Smith Productions Admin Address: 123 Aero Street Hometown, NSW 2000 Australia Admin phone: +61 4123 456 789 Admin fax: +61 2 9867 9898 Email: Johnsmith@email.com TECHNICAL CONTACT |
DOMAIN DETAILS Domain name: examplewhois.com Creation date: 16.12.2004 Expiration date: 16.12.2019 Status: ok Registrant ID: 98761 Registrant Name: Domain Privacy Services Registrant Address: PO BOX 270 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia Registrant phone: +61 2 9934 0501 Registrant fax: +61 2 8079 0742 Email:domain@domainprivacyservices.com.auADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT Admin name: Domain Privacy Services Admin Organisation: Domain Privacy Services Admin Address: PO BOX 270 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia Admin phone: +61 2 9934 0501 Admin fax: +61 2 8079 0742 Email: domain@domainprivacyservices.com.au TECHNICAL CONTACT |