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Question:
What is PrivateWhois? |
When you register a domain name, your registration
email address and postal address
is publicly searchable through the WHOIS database.
HostSite's PrivateWhois service allows
domain owners to hide their email addresses and
physical postal address in the WHOIS database.
However, in order to have PrivateWhois meet internet
regulations, we also have to also
provide a simple way for legitimate email and
important postal mail regarding your
domain name to get to you.
If anyone wants to contact you over a legitimate
concern with your domain name, they can
only do so directly from:
http://PrivateWhois.com
However, they will not know your email address and
postal address.
That is because in order to make this work, we take
on the extra work of being the middle relay
for both emails and postal mail.
The end result you gain by using HostSite's
PrivateWhois is amazing.
Spammers are unable to get your email address
directly from the WHOIS,
so you wouldn't be getting junk mail as a direct
result of registering a domain name.
Also, if you decide to use our PrivateWHOIS Address
Protection, we can also hide your
physical postal address, so that postal marketers
can not send you any advertisements.
HostSite's PrivateWhois is included for free with
any domain registration or transfer to HostSite. |
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