{"id":1218,"date":"2020-02-26T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myresellerhome.com\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2022-08-03T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:04:32","slug":"what-is-domain-privacy-protection-why-is-it-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myresellerhome.com\/blog\/what-is-domain-privacy-protection-why-is-it-important\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Domain Privacy Protection? Why Is It Important?"},"content":{"rendered":"Before we start with Domain Privacy Protection, first, let us understand the basics of <\/span>WHOIS<\/span><\/i> data.<\/span>\r\n

What is the ICANN WHOIS Directory?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the nonprofit organization tasked with managing the domain name system of the larger internet. That includes generating new top-level domains and operating root name servers. But the task they’re most known for is running the WHOIS directory.<\/span>\r\n
\"What<\/figure>\r\nThe WHOIS directory keeps a record of every active website domain and who runs it. ICANN doesn’t manage it entirely on their own; they work with a number of registrants that earn ICANN accreditation in order to offer domain registration services. When you register a domain, you don’t go directly through ICANN; you do so with one of these services. They then provide the required information to ICANN, which adds it to the directory.<\/span>\r\n

Why is The Directory required? <\/b><\/h2>\r\nThe WHOIS directory exists to make sure there’s a clear record of who owns each website on the web. That’s important for cases where a website owner veers into illegal or abusive territory. Without a record of how to find offenders, authorities would have no way to hold them accountable and minimize harm.\r\n
I<\/b>t is beneficial in the following scenarios.<\/b><\/h5>\r\n
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