As regulations around privacy and data protection evolve, we are making changes to the way personal information is handled in the WHOIS database. The WHOIS, as a default, will now redact the personal contact information of the domain registrant (except for Country, State and Organization, if provided). Here's what it will mean:
We'll soon stop offering Private Registration as a standalone product and will upgrade Private Registration to a new product called Full Domain Privacy & Protection at no additional charge. It will include these features:
- Protects against active threats like domain hijackers and malicious transfers.
- Safeguards from honest mistakes like accidental transfer or expired credit cards.*
- Prevents spam with private email forwarding.
- Prevents data from being accessed by 3rd parties, reducing customers’ data footprint and risk of exposure.
We are also upgrading Protected Registration to Ultimate Domain Protection & Security for some customers. This product includes all the features of Full Domain Privacy & Protection, plus Website Security Basic, which provides automatic malware scans and continuous security monitoring.
Within the next two weeks, customers will receive the first of two emails that provide them with the information listed above as well as a list of their domains that will be affected. Customers will not have to take any action at all from this first email, we will take care of the upgrade for them. If they choose to opt out of the upgrade, a refund will be issued to them for the remaining term of their current product(s).
Following the upgrade, customers will receive a second email confirming that their affected domains have been upgraded to Full Domain Privacy & Protection, or Ultimate Domain Protection & Security, at no additional charge. They will also be given the option to opt-out of the upgrade.
*The
expiration protection feature requires that your domains be set to
automatically renew.
