---
title: Clearer status updates and a browser privacy declaration
url: https://namegarage.com/blog/clearer-status-and-browser-privacy
author: Namegarage
date: '2026-10-19'
description: Catalogue refresh notices and contact progress keep their place for assistive
  technology, and a public GPC declaration describes the privacy choice we already
  honor.
---

# Clearer status updates and a browser privacy declaration

A catalogue refresh can fail while you are browsing. Sending a contact message
can take a moment. Those updates should be available to people using assistive
technology without pulling them away from the field they are using.

The catalogue, domain pages, and contact form now keep their status regions in
the page from the start. A message updates that existing region, including when
a notice clears and later returns. Routine progress updates leave your focus
where it is; a contact error still takes you to the explanation.

We also publish a [Global Privacy Control declaration](/.well-known/gpc.json).
It makes our existing support for that browser signal machine-readable. When
your browser sends GPC, it overrides saved tracking grants. The declaration
adds no tracking and changes no privacy choices. Our [privacy policy](/privacy/)
explains the distinction between optional measurement and necessary security
processing.