ARTICLE · 28 MAY 2014

California Attorney General Issues Privacy Guidelines For Websites

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In the wake of numerous high-profile privacy breaches, California Attorney General Kamala Harris has released a 28-page set of recommendations.

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In the wake of numerous high-profile breaches of user privacy and complaints about sites that track the online activity of users, California Attorney General Kamala Harris has released a 28-page set of recommendations for how website operators communicate about their privacy, information collection and data-sharing practices.

While not carrying the force of law, the guidelines spelled out in Making Your Privacy Protections Public are recommended best practices that expand on California's Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 (CalOPPA). That Act was amended in 2013 specifically to address the issue of online tracking, which enables websites to personalize user experience, deliver targeted advertising, and make other uses of the data.

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