Original IP address removed from the email header
Hide data
Name, address, phone number, and email address are replaced with generic data provided by a privacy service and are no longer directly visible.
Anonymous communication
Whois Privacy Plus assigns one anonymized email address per domain. Inquiries are forwarded to you without revealing your real email address.
Protects against abuse
Your contact information is no longer freely available for anyone to access, meaning fewer vulnerabilities to spam, phishing, and data mining.
Instant activation
Activate directly in AutoDNS—individually or in bulk for entire portfolios. Activation takes effect within a few seconds.
- Free
- All gTLDs
- Less spam
WhoisPrivacy
Whois Privacy replaces WHOIS contact information with generic details provided by a privacy service. For all supported domains, at no additional cost.
- Anonymized WHOIS contact information
- Protects against spam and data mining
- Available for all supported gTLDs
- Free for all domains managed through InterNetX
- Anonymized email
- Email forwarding
- Virus & spam check
Whois Privacy Plus
All the benefits of Whois Privacy, plus a unique, anonymized email address for each domain. Remain reachable without revealing your real email address
- All Whois Privacy features included
- Anonymized email address for each domain
- Email forwarding with virus and spam scanning
- Prevent reverse lookups of your portfolio
FAQ.
Whois Privacy is free of charge for all domains managed with InterNetX.
Whois Privacy Plus will be free of charge until the renewal of the domain. Starting with the first renew, the service will be liable to costs on a yearly basis. Please retrieve the prices in your individual price list available under "Optional Services" in AutoDNS.
Whois Privacy is available for a large number of TLDs. The prerequisite is that the respective registries allow data protection as offered by the service provider PrivateName. Therefore, PrivateName cannot and will not guarantee that the full scope of Whois Privacy or other privacy services is available for all TLDs.
Yes, you continue to be the factual owner of the domain and retain complete liability for the domain and its usage.
Whois Privacy/Plus can be activated/deactivated through a check box in the AutoDNS UI. If you are planning to use the XML API for Whois Privacy/Plus, a command can be used to (de)activate the service through there as well. Activating or deactivating Whois Privacy/Plus can be done anytime for new or existing domains. With the exception of .name, all changes are usually made within seconds. For .name the registry has mandated a waiting period of 5 days for changing the WHOIS data.
You will receive an additional agreement including attachments specifying all details. As PrivateName Service Inc. is a Canadian company, these documents are currently only available in English. As soon as we have received the signed additional agreement, the customer account can be be activated for the service. Sub users can be activated at the discretion of the superior account holder through ACLs. The superordinate account holder is legally liable for ensuring that the requirements specified in the additional agreement are observed.
Bulk tasks are supported by AutoDNS for Whois Privacy/Plus as well.
You can deactivate Whois Privacy/Plus for a domain anytime. The original data will then be visible in WHOIS again according to the regulations of the relevant registry.
Using Whois Privacy every third party can use the website www.privatename.com to access a contact form for a domain protected by PrivateName Services Inc. The message will automatically be forwarded to the email-address(es) specified by the registrant in AutoDNS.
With Whois Privacy Plus an individual email address will be generated for each domain. All emails that are sent to this individual email address are automatically checked for viruses and spam and are then forwarded to the domain owner.
Deactivate Whois Privacy Plus by carrying out a domain update (bulk function available). As soon as you reactivate the service, a new email address will be generated.
After consulting with the buyer, you can temporarily deactivate Whois Privacy/Plus for the domain. If you do not want to do this, please contact our support. We will confirm the ownership and send you the confirmation. This service is not free of charge.
