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Domain Privacy & Protection

Protect your most valuable online asset.

  • Make it virtually impossible for your domain to be hijacked
  • Hold on to your domain even if your credit card expires
  • Prevent spam with a private forwarding email address
 
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The internet can be scary. Make sure you’re fully protected.

GoDaddy domains come with Basic Privacy Protection*, but our Full and Ultimate Domain Protection & Security solutions provide the protection you need. They not only protect against threats like domain hijackers but can even prevent honest mistakes like accidental domain transfers or domain loss due to an expired credit card.

Basic Privacy Protection

Full Domain Privacy & Protection

Ultimate Domain Protection & Security

Redacts your name, address, phone number and email in our WHOIS directory.
Redacts your name, address, phone number and email in our WHOIS directory.
Prevents domain-related spam.
Prevents domain-related spam.
Redacts your remaining personal details (organization and state/province) in our WHOIS directory
Redacts your remaining personal details (organization and state/province) in our WHOIS directory
Prevents spam with a private email address for domain inquiries.
Prevents spam with a private email address for domain inquiries.
Protects against accidental expiration & malicious transfers.
Protects against accidental expiration & malicious transfers.
Shuts down domain hijackers.
Shuts down domain hijackers.
Protects your website with automatic malware scans & continuous security monitoring.
Protects your website with automatic malware scans & continuous security monitoring.
Monitors Google and other search engines to make sure your website appears in search results.
Monitors Google and other search engines to make sure your website appears in search results.
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Wait… There’s still information I need to protect?
When you register a domain with any registrar, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) requires accredited registrars to publish this information in the public WHOIS database. Regulations vary around the globe, but GoDaddy automatically redacts your name, address, phone number and email address through GoDaddy’s Basic Privacy & Protection*. Our Domain Privacy & Protection solutions ensure that your remaining details, such as organization and state/province are also redacted.​

Why do I need Domain Privacy & Protection?

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Don’t lose what's yours.
Avoid losing your domain. Full Domain Privacy & Protection puts your domain on lockdown, making inadvertent, accidental or malicious transfers virtually impossible.
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Keep spammers away.
Rather than having your personal email address out there for the world to see, Full Domain Privacy & Protection includes a private email address for domain inquiries that you can forward to another account, filter or block completely. The only messages you’ll have to see are the ones you want.
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Automatic online protection.
Ultimate Domain Protection & Security is like having an online security guard. It automatically scans for malware and uses continuous security monitoring to tackle new threats. It also monitors search engine blacklists to protect your domain reputation.
Please note: Full Domain Privacy & Protection and Ultimate Domain Protection & Security are not available for certain domain names, including some country-code extensions (ccTLDs).

FAQ

  • What are the benefits of Domain Privacy & Protection?

    Losing your domain can be devastating. With Full Domain Privacy & Protection, your domain name is protected from domain hijacking and honest mistakes like accidental transfer or an expired credit card. It also prevents spam with a private email address for domain inquiries. Full Domain Privacy & Protection puts your domain on lockdown, making inadvertent, accidental or malicious transfers virtually impossible. Plus, it will extend your domain's renewal period in case of an expired credit card and billing failure.

    Our Ultimate Domain Protection & Security goes even further, adding automatic malware scans and continuous security monitoring for your website. It even monitors blacklists for Google and other search engines to make sure your domain continues to appear in search results.

  • What's the WHOIS directory?

    The WHOIS directory is a searchable list of every single domain name registered around the world, including the names, addresses and other details of the people who own them.

    Regulations vary around the globe, but GoDaddy automatically redacts your name, address, phone number and email address through GoDaddy’s Basic Privacy Protection*

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