Private Registration

Private Registration

When you register a domain name, your address, e-mail address, and telephone number are automatically listed in the public WHOIS database. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) requires that this personal information is accurate and available for anyone to view on the Web.

Network Solutions offers you the option to keep your personal information hidden from public view with our Private Registration service. The WHOIS listing for your domain name registration will show Network Solutions contact information in place of yours, so your personal data are hidden and safe.

Note: WHOIS contacts are still responsible for keeping their contact information accurate, even though the public WHOIS database includes alternate contact information.

When you make your domain name registration private, you can:

• Deter spammers, telemarketers, identity thieves, harassers, stalkers, and others who mine the public WHOIS database
• Protect your personal information from publication in the public WHOIS database

To turn Private Registration on

1. Click the Domains left menu tab
2. Click Manage Domain Names
3. Open a domain name folder or click Switch to View All to see individual domain names.
4. Click the domain name that you want to manage
5. In the Private Registration Status row, click Make this a private registration

To apply private registration to domains in bulk

1. Click the Domains left menu tab
2. Click Manage Domain Names
3. Click the check boxes next to the domains that you want to make private in bulk
4. Click Make Private
5. Your chosen domains are listed with a checked check box
6. Click Make Private