Buying a Domain: What About Privacy Protection?

guest · Oct 3, 2020

Buying a Domain: What About Privacy Protection?
You can get a domain without compromising on privacy protection
September 30, 2020
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You’re contemplating on creating a website. You’ve stumbled across various domain plans and wonder what the most significant difference between them is? Here’s what you should know about buying a domain name and why its privacy protection is so important.

You’ll want to have domain privacy for starters, which is often overlooked but definitely very important.
Therefore, it’s essential to choose a trusted registrar and check before you’re opting for a hosting plan with a free domain.

Let’s take a closer look at what exactly is website name privacy, how it can impact you, and what you should know about it.
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What Does Domain Privacy Actually Do
As mentioned above, domain privacy is merely having your registrar replace your actual contact information with generic info on behalf of the registrar. This effectively hides who the domain owner is unless you have it stated on the website itself.
Why You Need To Provide Actual Information
Now you might think that you can get away with writing fake contact details in the WHOIS directory.

In reality, you can’t do that because most, maybe all, registrars have a policy, which basically states that they will use the same information you provided in the directory with your billing information.
Furthermore, if caught providing fake details, ICANN can shut down your domain.
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Yes, it is hidden from the public, but ICANN needs this information to verify that you actually buy or use a domain name.
Conclusion
You can get a domain without compromising on privacy protection. Most domain name registrars usually have additional benefits that you can get as you buy domains from them. One of them is getting domain privacy.

It’s not compulsory to have domain privacy, but it is a great thing to have. One of the key benefits is that it hides your information from being displayed on the WHOIS database and instead uses your registrar’s information to keep your info safe for various reasons.
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longshots · Oct 4, 2020

Domain privacy has been available for quite some time.
We all have our favourite registrars - I have been using joker.com for over 25 years.
Here's an example readout...

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