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<div align=justify>According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) rules - the organization governing the use of domain names - when you register a domain name, you must enter your contact information. Just to register the domain you must supply the information such as your name, address, and email. 

What is a domain privacy service? The domain privacy service will hide your information from public and substitute it with generic information provided by a  web hosting company. When you register your domain, the registrant's information becomes available at a WHOIS database. 
Making a domain name lookup, you'll that the Whois records include the domain registrants' personal contact information such as name, phone number and email addresses (as required by ICANN (''http://www.icann.org/'').

Your personal information public availability makes it vulnerable for spamming or for spoofing identify theft.

Domain privacy for domain names is a very important feature if you want to reduce spam and prevent possible identity theft. 
Domain privacy service will display your personal info something like 'protected by whoisguard' while making a WHOIS domain name lookup. There are numerous domain check sites. You can check the domain contact information at ''http://www.who.is'' or ''http://iptools.com''</div>
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