Changelog — Site & Service Updates | JP Sheet

May 2026

19 updates

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New 29 May 2026

Annual Transparency Report (2025)

Published our first annual transparency report covering 2025 — verifications processed, refund rates, uptime, fraud caught, and what we promised vs delivered.

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New 29 May 2026

Changelog launched

Every site and service update now appears here, reverse-chronological. Backfilled with the major work of the past 12 months.

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New 29 May 2026

System Status page

Live operational status for every component — verification, decoder, translation, payments, support, chatbot, email. Incident history published openly.

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New 29 May 2026

Trust Centre hub launched

New /trust/ page consolidates all our security, privacy, editorial, compliance and operational documentation. One URL covers everything corporate buyers and journalists need to verify us.

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New 29 May 2026

Editorial Policy published

Documented who writes JP Sheet content, how we fact-check, our corrections process, AI policy, and independence commitments — backed by 44+ years of Japanese auction industry experience.

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New 29 May 2026

Accessibility Statement (WCAG 2.1 AA target)

New /accessibility/ page documents our conformance level, tested assistive technologies (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver), known issues, and 48-hour response commitment for access reports.

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New 29 May 2026

Anti-Fraud Policy + red-flag buyer education

New /anti-fraud/ page explains what we monitor, what we do, and gives buyers a practical red-flag checklist before paying any seller.

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New 29 May 2026

Sanctions compliance policy

New /sanctions/ page documents our approach to international sanctions compliance — service availability determined by payment processor screening rather than blanket country lists.

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New 29 May 2026

4 standalone privacy pages

Extracted GDPR Rights, California Privacy (CCPA), International Data Transfers, and Children's Privacy from the main privacy policy into dedicated, deeply-detailed pages for easier discoverability.

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Security 29 May 2026

Vulnerability Disclosure Policy + security.txt

Published /security/ page documenting our 48-hour acknowledgement and 30-day resolution targets for vulnerability reports. Added /.well-known/security.txt (RFC 9116) for machine-readable security contact.

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New 29 May 2026

PCI DSS Compliance Statement

Formal section on /payment-methods/ explaining SAQ A classification — card data never touches our servers. Linked to Stripe's public Attestation of Compliance.

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Improved 29 May 2026

Canonical tags on /cl/ and /profile/

Added self-referential canonical tags to the customer-link and profile pages. Both remain noindex but now correctly identify their canonical URL.

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Improved 26 May 2026

Site-wide Google 2026 compliance update

25+ pages refreshed to meet Google's May 2026 ranking guidance — removed deprecated FAQPage schema, added question-form H2s with anchor IDs, complete OG and Twitter cards, AggregateRating 4.9 × 16 sitewide.

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Improved 22 May 2026

Legal pages batch update (9 pages)

Privacy, Cookie, Terms, Acceptable Use, Refund, Money-Back, Disclaimer, DMCA, Payment Methods — all 9 brought to v4 compliance. 85 H2 anchor IDs added. Content unchanged (legal clauses are verbatim).

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New 19 May 2026

Comprehensive support hub launched

/support/ rebuilt with 4 contact channels (Live Chat, WhatsApp, Email, Form), instant-fix accordion for 8 common issues, support FAQ, and clear 24/7 availability commitment.

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New 16 May 2026

/about/data-sources/ — methodology transparency

Detailed breakdown of our 500+ data connections: 200+ auction houses (USS, JU, AUCNET, TAA, JAA, HAA), 100+ dealer panels, 50+ salvage networks, 150+ private stocks. With 8-question visible FAQ.

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Content 14 May 2026

AutoLog (autolog page rebuild)

About / Authors / History pages rebuilt with white-paper-style design. 16 real reviews (12 Google + 2 Trustpilot + 2 Facebook) consolidated on /reviews/.

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Improved 10 May 2026

Sitemap auto-regeneration with IndexNow pinging

Nightly cron now regenerates sitemap.xml from filesystem mtime AND pings IndexNow (Bing, Yandex, Seznam) automatically. 128 URLs indexed.

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Security 7 May 2026

Removed deprecated FAQPage schema

Following Google's May 7, 2026 deprecation of FAQPage rich results, removed FAQPage JSON-LD from all pages where it was no longer eligible. Replaced with visible <details> FAQ accordions.

April 2026

5 updates

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New 28 Apr 2026

/auction-sheet-reading-videos/ launched

Dedicated video guide section with VideoObject schema for Google rich results. Covers auction sheet reading techniques, grade identification, damage codes.

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Improved 20 Apr 2026

Case studies expansion

New real-world case studies showing how JP Sheet verification caught specific frauds and saved buyers thousands. All anonymized but verifiable.

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Fixed 14 Apr 2026

Mobile button contrast on red CTA

Fixed an accessibility issue where dark text on red primary buttons could fail WCAG AA contrast on some screens. All .btn--primary now force white text.

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Improved 11 Apr 2026

/chassis-decoder/ enriched

Improved JDM chassis-code lookup with 1,227 indexable codes, Vehicle schema on results, faster Gemini-backed inference.

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Content 4 Apr 2026

7 v4 blog posts published

Interior/exterior grades · why export certificates matter · risks of buying Japanese imports · how to spot water-damaged cars · verify by model · what is JP Sheet · translation guide. All written by in-house specialists.

March 2026

4 updates

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Improved 28 Mar 2026

Granular cookie consent (GDPR/CCPA)

Cookie consent banner upgraded with separate toggles for Necessary, Analytics, and Marketing cookies. Analytics scripts (GA, Pixel, TikTok) only load after explicit consent. Honors Global Privacy Control signal.

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Security 22 Mar 2026

AI bot allowlist for content training

Added GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, Claude-Web, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider to robots.txt — explicitly allowed for content training, blocked from admin/api/customer pages.

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New 18 Mar 2026

llms.txt and llms-full.txt published

Added the emerging AI-readability standard files at root, summarizing our service, data sources, and editorial standards for large language model context.

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Improved 10 Mar 2026

Page speed: 99/100 PageSpeed score

Optimized critical CSS, deferred non-blocking JS (chatbot lazy-loads on first interaction), proper cache headers, versioned assets.

February 2026

3 updates

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New 26 Feb 2026

Deeper Scan 9-point audit

Launched the $15 Deeper Scan service — beyond basic verification, includes flood-damage indicators, repair history, repaint detection, mileage tamper signals.

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Improved 14 Feb 2026

Brute-force protection on admin login

5-attempt / 15-minute IP lockout on /admin/login.php. Password verification uses bcrypt; session re-checks active status on every protected page.

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Content 4 Feb 2026

Import Guide — 66 country pages

Complete import-procedures coverage for 66 destination countries, with country-specific costs, regulations, port information, and chassis-decoder integration.

January 2026

3 updates

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New 22 Jan 2026

Manual Search service ($35, refund if not found)

For chassis numbers not in the standard database, our researchers contact the original auction house directly. 100% refund if no record can be located.

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Improved 15 Jan 2026

Translation service expanded

Professional translation of Japanese auction sheets — $5 auto, $35 manual with human review. Average delivery: 30 minutes.

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Security 8 Jan 2026

Full CSP + security headers

Strict-Transport-Security (1 year, includeSubDomains), Content-Security-Policy with allowlists for Stripe/PayPal/YouTube, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy.

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