When a .com or .net domain is registered, personal contact information such as the registrant's name, address, email address and phone number must be supplied as part of the registration process (as per regulatory requirements). Once a domain name is registered, these contact details are immediately stored and made available through a public WHOIS database.
Domain Privacy is a proxy registration service provided by Domain Privacy Services which hides domain registrant information from public access, substituting personal contact details with Domain Privacy Services’ information.
Below is an 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.com ADMINISTRATIVE 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
Tech name: John Smith
Tech Organisation: Smith Productions
Tech Address:
123 Aero Street
Hometown, NSW 2000
Australia
Tech phone: +61 4123 456 789
Email: Johnsmith@email.com | 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.au ADMINISTRATIVE 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
Tech name: Domain Privacy Services
Tech Organisation:Domain Privacy Services
Tech Address:
PO BOX 270
Broadway NSW 2007
Australia
Tech phone: +61 2 9934 0501
Email: domain@domainprivacyservices.com.au |
Domain Privacy services allow registrants to buy domains without sharing personal information, while still adhering to the rules and regulations that prohibit the use of fake WHOIS information.
Note: The Domain Privacy service is currently only available for .com and .net domain names and can be added to both new and already-registered domains.
