In accordance with the policy approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the contact information a domain name is registered with must be valid and up to date at all times. Plus, this info is openly accessible on WHOIS websites and while this may be OK for organizations, it may not be very convenient for individuals, because anybody can see their names and their personal postal and email addresses, especially in times when identity theft isn’t that uncommon. This is the reason why domain registrars have launched a service that hides the details of their customers without modifying them. The service is called Whois Privacy Protection. If it’s activated, people will see the details of the domain registrar, not the domain owner’s, if they make a WHOIS enquiry. The Whois Privacy Protection service is supported by all generic domain name extensions, but it is still not possible to hide your personal information with some country-code ones.