Make your domain registrations
private
Did you know that your name,
email, and phone number are made publically available within the
WhoIs database when you register any domain name? Any spammers,
solicitors and other prying eyes can find your personal information
online, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
HOW IT
WORKS:
 Unprotected WHOIS
John Smith Productions
John Smith
12 Main St
Hollister, CA 95023
United States
(555) 555-1234
johnsmith@jsmithprod.com
Your
information is visible to the public! |
 Protected with ID Protect
Whois Privacy Protection
Service.
Whois Agent
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O johnsmithprod.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
United States
(425) 274-0657
gmvjcxkxh@whoisprivacyprotect.com |
Dynamic data management
system stops spammers dead in their tracks.
Without ID Protect, spammers
can obtain your email and contact information and then use it for
spamming purposes and redistribution to marketing firms. Your email
address can stay on file with various spammers and marketing firms
for years. Check out the difference between an unprotected and
protected domain registration.
ID Protect Frequently
Asked Questions:
How does ID Protect help
reduce spam?
Due to our registrars dynamic
email system, your visible email address is constantly changing, so
while it is being harvested and redistributed, it will change and
the previous address will no longer work for the spammer. The
Domain Privacy Protection Service (an affiliate of our registrar)
secures and maintains your real email address on file so you
receive important information regarding your domain.
What if I need to prove ownership of a domain?
We have the ability to
temporarily disable the ID Protect service. Then ask the verifying
party to confirm whois registration details at http://www.checkdomain.com/. Once complete, you may
turn the ID Protect service back on through your domain control
panel.
What if someone sends something to the mailing address?
For communications received
which does not appear to be unsolicited commercial mail, The Domain
Privacy Protection Service (an affiliate of our registrar) may
either forward such communication to you or may attempt to
communicate to you a scanned copy of a page of the communication.
The Service may elect to not forward to you communications which
appear to be unsolicited, or communications which appear to be from
your having used the IDP Services as a general mail forwarding
service.
Why can't I use this service with my .us name?
.US has made a dramatic
change in their policy saying (in part):
"The United States Department
of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information
Administration ("NTIA") has recently completed its review of
"proxy" or anonymous domain registration services by .us Accredited
Registrars. At the conclusion of this review, NTIA directed NeuStar
to phase out the offering of such services by Registrars or by any
of its partners or resellers and to ensure that complete and
accurate WHOIS data is provided for any existing registrations in
.us."
Although we disagree with
this policy, we will comply and will require our resellers and
sub-resellers to make the necessary changes. Therefore, we will
prohibit the offering of eNom's ID Protect or similar services to
.US registrations. This policy ONLY applies to .US
registrations.
The service will continue to
be provided for existing .US ID protect customers until their ID
protect expiration date or January 26, 2006, whichever comes
first.
