| What is domain name private registration? | | | | The benefits of making a traditional domain name |
| Also known as "Privacy Protection" This is a term | | | | registration into a fully secured private registration |
| involved with domain name registration. And it | | | | 1. Prevent Identity theft and fraud. |
| literally means you domain name registration | | | | 2. Prevent unexpected online/offline harassments |
| details are kept private or in other words your | | | | and stalking |
| personal details such as your name, home/ office | | | | 3. Prevent unsolicited commercial emailing |
| address, email address and phone numbers are | | | | 4. Prevent receiving direct mail/sales letters via |
| not displayed in public data base. If I may define | | | | your postal address |
| "private registration" in another way, it means, | | | | 5. Prevent unwanted phone calls from |
| Implementation of appropriate safeguard | | | | telemarketers, stalkers or any other strangers |
| measures to ensure the security and | | | | 6. Ability to protect your privacy and safeguard all |
| confidentiality of WHOIS data records, as well as | | | | your personal contact information. |
| to protect the WHOIS records against threats or | | | | How does private registration work? |
| identity theft that could result in substantial | | | | Privacy Protection or Private Registration method |
| embarrassment, harm, inconvenience, or | | | | ensures that your private information will not |
| unfairness to any person. | | | | publish on the World Wide Web publicly. And the |
| Why you need Privacy Protection? | | | | way this security measure work is by replacing all |
| Imagine for a second, when you register a | | | | your publicly visible contact details with alternate |
| domain, your name, address, email address and | | | | contact information created and made available by |
| phone number are immediately made available to | | | | your domain name registrar or any other third |
| anyone who wants to see them? That's right. | | | | party company who provide such service on |
| Your personal information is exposed 24 hours a | | | | behalf of your domain name registrar with ICANN |
| day, everyday, to anyone, anywhere globally. | | | | approval. |
| When buying a domain name you have to provide | | | | So therefore you have the power to change |
| accurate contact information or else your domain | | | | identity theft, fraud, or even unexpected online |
| registration could be terminated as it would be in | | | | offline harassments and stalking, with a private |
| violation of the ICANN terms and conditions for | | | | ("unlisted") registration. Some domain name |
| any and all domain name registrations. | | | | registrars offer this service as a value added |
| This information has to be made publicly available | | | | service with a price tag while some offer it for |
| to everyone via the public WHOIS database as | | | | free. Either way if you are not comfortable with |
| required by ICANN, the international governing | | | | the fact that your personal information is made |
| body for domain names. Everyday, this valuable | | | | publicly available to anyone from any where in the |
| source of accurate contact information is | | | | world you should definitely go for a privacy |
| targeted and harvested by spammers and | | | | protection option when you registering a domain |
| telemarketers resulting in unwanted and unsolicited | | | | name. And in order to prevent all sorts of |
| contact. Also since your contact information is | | | | misconducts that can be made using your |
| public, you are at risk for identity theft and fraud | | | | personal information. Remember prevention is |
| and of being contacted by harassers and stalkers. | | | | always better than cure…!!!! |