Keep your name, address and phone number out of the public WHOIS listing.
When a domain is registered, contact details can appear in a public WHOIS record. GlobalR WHOIS Privacy replaces that personal information with an anonymous proxy identity.
The WHOIS database is a searchable list of registered domain names. A typical record can include the registrant’s contact information, domain creation and expiration dates, and other registration details.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) requires accredited registrars to publish registrant contact information, domain creation and expiration dates, and other information in the WHOIS listing as soon as a domain is registered.
The name, address and phone number submitted when a domain is registered can be publicly accessible. That can be useful if you want to sell a domain. It can be a problem if the same details are collected by spammers, hackers or other cyber-criminals.
Without privacy, a WHOIS lookup can expose personal contact details. With privacy, the public record shows a GlobalR proxy identity instead.
WHOIS Privacy is a service offered by GlobalR which provides privacy protection. To hide the registrant’s personal contact information from global view, we offer private registration.
Instead of displaying the registrant’s personal information in the WHOIS database for all to see, the service replaces it with an anonymous proxy identity in the public WHOIS database. This includes replacing the registrant’s email address with a proxy address at private@globalr.com and replacing the provided address and contact information with information from GlobalR.
Example public listing with domain privacy enabled for private.am.
Private Domain
Private Address
Yerevan 0010
AM
Private Domain
Private Domain
Private Address
Yerevan 0010
AM
Phone: 202-505-3005
Fax:
E-mail: private@globalr.com
Private Domain
Private Domain
Private Address
Yerevan 0010
AM
Phone: 202-505-3005
Fax:
E-mail: private@globalr.com
Illustrative example — live WHOIS data depends on the domain, registry and current privacy status.
Privacy changes what the public listing shows. It does not take away control of the domain.
You can still cancel, sell or renew the domain from your account.
You keep control of the content published for the website.
You can still set the name servers for the domain.
You can update the underlying domain contact information with GlobalR.
GlobalR offers fully functional methods of contact via phone, fax or email. Messages sent to the proxy identity are forwarded to the domain owner.
Phone messages are recorded and sent to the domain owner via email.
Faxes for the domain are forwarded to the domain owner via email.
Email messages for the domain are forwarded to the domain owner via email.
The cost for WHOIS Privacy is $15 per year, per domain. Enable or manage the service from your GlobalR account.
Keep your personal contact details out of the public WHOIS listing.
Reduce the chance that harvested WHOIS data is used for unsolicited messages.
A proxy phone listing helps limit unwanted calls based on public WHOIS data.
WHOIS is a searchable listing of registered domain names. A typical record can include registrant contact details, creation and expiration dates, and other registration information.
WHOIS Privacy is a GlobalR service that replaces the registrant’s personal contact information in the public WHOIS listing with an anonymous proxy identity, including a proxy email at private@globalr.com.
No. The domain still belongs to the registrant. You can cancel, sell or renew it, control website content, set name servers, and update the underlying domain contact information.
GlobalR forwards phone messages, faxes and email sent to the proxy identity to the domain owner by email.
The cost for this service is $15 per year, per domain.
Enable private registration from your GlobalR account and replace personal WHOIS data with a proxy identity.
$15 per year, per domain