{"id":24499,"date":"2022-02-02T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/what-is-domain-privacy-id-protect\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T06:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T06:19:25","slug":"what-is-domain-privacy-id-protect","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/what-is-domain-privacy-id-protect\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Domain Privacy \/ ID Protect?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote data-identifyelement=\"473\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information regarding Domain Privacy and Whois \u00a0information protection.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"473\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"473\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Domain Privacy + Protection<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every domain name has public information tied to it about the owner of the domain. The name, email address, phone number, and even home address of the owner is publicly available online in the WHOIS database. The rules and laws surrounding domain names require every domain name owner to disclose their contact information. But most people wouldn&#8217;t want their personal contact information available to the public where scammers, hackers, and anyone else can see it. This is what makes\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Domain Privacy + ID Protect protects you from:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spam and other unsolicited email.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unwanted phone calls and postal mail.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Identity theft.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fraudulent domain transfers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Competitors being able to look up which domains you own.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Malware and SEO blacklists\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Receive SMS notifications regarding important changes to your domain<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"473\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"473\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"473\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Domain Privacy is a service 1-grid offers that will hide your personal contact information from the public WHOIS database and replace it with generic 1-grid contact information instead. You are still the owner of the domain name, but your personal contact information can be kept safe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"485\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"487\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"489\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered\" style=\"width: 593px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33029822549\/original\/267iIOQ9no77iqldAC_waGbSETJwemEldg.png?1566902421\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33029822549\/original\/267iIOQ9no77iqldAC_waGbSETJwemEldg.png?1566902421\" data-fileid=\"33029822549\" data-uniquekey=\"1566902399239\" data-identifyelement=\"490\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>TIP: \u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"float: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #183247; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; display: inline !important;\">Should you have any queries regarding the information provided here please contact our\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #183247; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #fefefe; color: #2753d7; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/web-hosting\/#livechat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains department by clicking here<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;\">. Alternatively please see more articles on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #fefefe; color: #2753d7; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/category\/domains-and-company-registrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains here<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with information regarding Domain Privacy and Whois \u00a0information protection. \u00a0 \u00a0 Domain Privacy + Protection Every domain name has public information tied to it about the owner of the domain. 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