What Is Private Registration

When you register a domain name, your postal address, e-mail address and phone number are automatically published in the public WHOIS database. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit body responsible for accrediting domain name registrars, requires that this personal information be accurate and available for anybody to view on the Internet, any time, day or night. eNom, Inc offers you the option to make your domain name registration private, which will help to:

Deter spammers, telemarketers, identity thieves, harassers, stalkers, and others who use this public WHOIS database to contact you.
Protect Your Personal Information - The information you want to keep private is kept out of the public WHOIS database.
Protect Your Domain Name Registration - Gives you full control and standing as registrant over the domain names in your account, unlike "proxy" services.

Note It may take up to 24 hours for your private registration to activate.

Private Registration populates the public WHOIS listing for your domain name registration with alternate contact information:

E-mail AddressTo help protect you from people who "mine" and sell the information in the WHOIS database the e-mail address listed in WHOIS will change every 10 days. E-mail messages received at this address will be filtered for spam and forwarded to your designated e-mail account.
Postal Address To stop junk mail and unwanted persons from finding your home, the postal address displayed in your WHOIS listing will be a PO Box address in care of eNom, Inc. Legal and other important notices received via Certified Mail or Express Mail will be forwarded to the Account Holder address of record.
To prevent telemarketers from harassing you, the phone number listed will be answered by eNom who will instruct the caller how to contact you via the e-mail address or PO Box listed in WHOIS.