gTLD Privacy and Whois

Domain whois records show the ownership information of a registered domain name or IP address. By checking the whois information of a domain name, you can find out who it belongs to.

Whois information includes various details such as when the domain name was registered, when it will expire, the registrar it was registered with and who the domain owner is. Under ICANN (gTLD) and BTK/TRABIS (.tr) rules, domain name holders must enter their whois information completely and accurately.

Under the WHOIS policies published by ICANN, this information should not be hidden for the security and accessibility of the DNS system. However, since sharing the data of natural persons publicly or with any third parties constitutes an offence under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) adopted by the European Union and the KVKK (Personal Data Protection Law) adopted in Türkiye, only the organisation information of the user you define is published.

Domain name information belonging to natural persons is hidden, while information belonging to organisations is published. To hide or show the information of your domain name, such as address, email and telephone, you can follow the steps below:

1. Log in to the control panel.
2. Find your domain name under “My Domains”.
3. Click the “Info” button among the action options on the right side of your domain name.
4. Click the “Owner Privacy” button on the left.
5. On the page that opens, you can switch the relevant buttons on or off.

For detailed information on this topic, you can review our Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy.