Will I still receive email messages for a domain that has Whois Privacy?

Posted: September 24th, 2017

When you sign up for Whois Privacy Service with us, we ask that you provide a valid email address. When you register a domain name, you are asked to provide up-to-date contact information. This is part of a policy established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that coordinates the world’s domain system. Your information is then stored in a publicly accessible WHOIS database, which can be easily searched and accessed by anyone with an Internet connection. That means anyone can find your personal information, including spammers, marketers, and identity thieves.

A quick WHOIS lookup will provide your personal name and contact details. For example, a search for www.ijebuegba.org might look something like this:

Baba Ijebumoegba, 24 Serere St, IperuAbeokuta, Ogun State,

+234-803-553-1075

With Whois Privacy, it allows you to keep your personal information from being published. When someone does a WHOIS lookup for a domain with WHOIS Privacy, the result that comes back looks something like this:

Registrant Name: Admin Contact

Registrant Organization: PrivateName Services Inc.

Registrant Street: 1100-1200 West 73rd Avenue

Registrant City: Vancouver

Registrant State/Province: BC

Registrant Postal Code: V6P 6G5

Registrant Country: CA

Registrant Phone: +1.6047572882

Registrant Phone Ext:

Registrant Fax: +1.6047572882

Registrant Fax Ext:

Registrant Email: info@privatename.com