What is WPP aka Whois Privacy Protection? Question What is Whois Privacy Protection and why one might need it? Answer Privacy Protection is a service that hides the domain owner's, admin, and tech contact's details from public WHOIS and replaces them with information from a proxy service. When one registers a domain name, one's contact details are included in the publicly available WHOIS database. Sometimes it's undesirable to have this data available publicly for the reasons of spam protection or domain hijacking. The level of data disclosure depends on the registry. Some enable privacy by default (.de), whereas others (.us, .in, .nl, .eu) forbid it altogether. For instance, in the case of a typical private gTLD domain with WPP enabled, Openprovider will replace the owner's, administrative, and technical contact's details with its proxy service. See examples for both scenarios below: Without WPP: Domain Name: domain.extension Registry Registrant ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Organization: Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant State/Province: or Registrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Country: Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Email: https://contact-form.registrar.eu/?domainName=domain.extension&purpose=owner Registry Admin ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Email: https://contact-form.registrar.eu/?domainName=domain.extension&purpose=admin Registry Tech ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Email: https://contact-form.registrar.eu/?domainName=domain.extension&purpose=tech With WPP enabled: Domain Name: domain.extension Registry Registrant ID: Not available from the registry Registrant Name: Whois Privacy Protection Foundation Registrant Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Foundation Registrant Street: Hofplein 20 Registrant City: Rotterdam Registrant State/Province: Zuid-Holland Registrant Postal Code: 3032 AC Registrant Country: NL Registrant Phone: +31.104482295 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: https://contact-form.registrar.eu/?domainName=domain.extension&purpose=owner Registry Admin ID: Not available from the registry Admin Name: Whois Privacy Protection Foundation Admin Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Foundation Admin Street: Hofplein 20 Admin City: Rotterdam Admin State/Province: Zuid-Holland Admin Postal Code: 3032 AC Admin Country: NL Admin Phone: +31.104482295 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: https://contact-form.registrar.eu/?domainName=domain.extension&purpose=admin Registry Tech ID: Not available from the registry Tech Name: Whois Privacy Protection Foundation Tech Organization: Whois Privacy Protection Foundation Tech Street: Hofplein 20 Tech City: Rotterdam Tech State/Province: Zuid-Holland Tech Postal Code: 3032 AC Tech Country: NL Tech Phone: +31.104482295 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: https://contact-form.registrar.eu/?domainName=domain.extension&purpose=tech See TLD reference sheet for a list of TLDs supporting the service (column AJ) Regarding GDPR Regulations GDPR was adopted by the EU in May 2018. As a registrar established in the European Economic Area (EEA), we are unable to show the customer 's details in the WHOIS. This means, by default, even if you have opted in or out for WPP, the contact data will always appear as  "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" There's nothing that we can do about this; we will have to abide by the GDPR rules. Due to GDPR, some fields in the WHOIS will always be "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" (even when the WPP is turned off) in order to comply with the regulations. Also, it's not possible to enter an email address in the Registrant Email field, due to GDPR. In this field there will be a contact form that will allow you to send an email to the registrant. For more info, you can see this Knowledge Base article.