WHOIS Privacy
WHOIS Lookup and Domain Details
Discover who owns any domain with our comprehensive WHOIS search tool. Simply enter the domain name you’re interested in, hit the search button, and instantly view detailed registration information, including ownership data, registration dates, and more.
What is WHOIS Privacy?
WHOIS Privacy, also referred to as “domain privacy” or “private registration” is a solution to keeping your personal information private on the public WHOIS records. WHOIS servers lists the personal details about a person or a company that owns a domain name. Why? Because this information is required by ICANN to ensure that all domain name registrations are authentic and belong to a legitimate individual or organization.
Unfortunately, WHOIS records aren’t private, and if you own a domain, personal details about you or your company (name, email, address, phone number etc.) are accessible by the public, including individuals who use this information to spam you or to perform identity theft.
With WHOIS Privacy added to your domain, your personal or business information will not be displayed on the internet via a WHOIS system. Your information will be stored on our private and secure servers, away from public access. The details that are shown on the public whois servers will be masked by us.
We also provide a unique email address for your domain name on the public whois servers that will filter all spam, scam and junk emails. Only emails that come from ourselves or the registry directly, will be forwarded to you. This prevents your personal email address being data mined for spam, scam or identity theft.
Why do I need WHOIS Privacy?
Having your personal details public on the internet is a major security threat as you have no control over who will access it and for what purpose.
WHOIS Privacy allows you to:
- Reduce Spam
- Protect yourself from scams
- A small price to pay for privacy
- Control of Contact Information
- Keep your address and location private
- Keep Website Ownership Private
Where can I see what WHOIS data is displayed about my business or myself?
You can see what details are displayed on the public WHOIS system by visiting our WHOIS page(https://tandobs.com/whois-search) and performing a search on your domain.
How long does it take before my details become private with WHOIS Privacy added?
On a new domain registration, WHOIS privacy reflects immediately on the public whois servers. When updating an existing domain to use our WHOIS Privacy, the changes reflect on the public whois in 5 days. This 5 day limitation is part of the Registries policies which we unfortunately cannot circumvent.
Why hasn’t my WHOIS details changed yet?
If you have enabled WHOIS Privacy on an existing domain, the changes will reflect within 5 days.
How Long will it take to change my details back?
It will take 5 days to reflect your personal details on the public whois servers if you deactivate WHOIS Privacy.
How will my email address display with WHOIS Privacy enabled?
The email address displayed on the public whois servers for your domain will reflect as uniqueid@public-whois.co.za (eg: 444d121c9698c9229eb4dab9a189cfd7@whois-privacy.co.za)
Will I get emails once I subscribe to WHOIS Privacy?
Only emails from ourselves or the Registry directly will be forwarded to your personal email address. Any other email sent to this unique address will be blocked by our filters.
What registrant details are shown when using WHOIS Privacy?
The details on the public whois servers will reflect as:
Registrant Name: Whois Privacy
Registrant Organization: Whois Privacy
Registrant Address and Contact Details will be those of the hosting company.
What domain names can have WHOIS Privacy enabled?
WHOIS Privacy is offered on .co.za .org.za .net.za and .web.za domain names. As of the 25th May 2018, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will come into effect and no whois information will be displayed on international TLD’s such as .com .net .org etc.
How does the WHOIS Privacy process work?
When registering a new domain name, you can enable whois privacy in the cart process and we will take care of the rest. When enabling whois privacy on an existing domain name, we will update your information at the registry to the WHOIS privacy details and this will reflect in 5 days.
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