Your domain stays yours, your details stay private
Every registration publishes your contact details in the public WHOIS directory by default. WHOIS protection replaces them with a relay address: you remain the domain holder, without exposing your name, address or phone number.
Contact details hidden from the public directory
Relay address so you stay reachable
Switch it on or off at any time
What the public sees, before and after
Without protection
Your registration details are public and anyone can look them up with a single query.
Holder's first and last name
Full postal address
Email address
Phone number
With WHOIS protection
The directory shows Systalink's relay details. You remain the legal holder of the domain.
Holder hidden
Systalink's postal address
Relay email that forwards messages to you
Customer support phone number
Why hide these details
Less spam and cold calling
The bots that harvest the WHOIS directory no longer collect your email or phone number.
Fewer impersonation attempts
Without your real details, phishing and fraudulent transfer requests lose their raw material.
Privacy preserved
Owning a domain name should not force you to publish your home address.
Reachable without being exposed
Legitimate enquiries reach you through the relay address: you lose no useful contact.
How it works
You switch protection on
One click from your client area, when you register the domain or later on.
Your details leave the directory
Relay details replace yours in public WHOIS responses.
You stay in control
You can switch it off at any time, for instance while an outbound transfer is running.
What protection does not change
You remain the legal holder of the domain: protection hides the public display, it transfers no rights.
The registry, your registrar and the competent authorities keep access to your real contact details.
Some country extensions require all or part of the details to be published: protection then applies within the limits allowed by the registry.
The domain keeps working exactly the same: DNS, email and search ranking are unaffected.
Protect your details from your next domain onwards
WHOIS protection is included at no extra cost with domain names registered with Systalink.
Search for a domainIt is the public directory of domain name holders. By default, every registration publishes the holder's name, postal address, email and phone number there, and anyone can look them up with a single query.
No. It is included at no extra cost with domain names registered with Systalink.
Yes. A relay address is published instead of yours and legitimate messages are forwarded to you. Only your real contact details disappear from public view.
Most are. Some country registries require all or part of the holder's details to be published: protection then applies within the limits they allow, and we tell you before you register.
No. Protection is simply switched off for the duration of an outbound transfer, because the registry needs the holder's email to validate it. It is turned back on afterwards.
The registry for the extension, Systalink as your registrar, and the competent authorities when they request them within the framework set by regulation.
