Law360, New York (July 15, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT) -- In May, California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued much anticipated guidance on public-facing privacy statements — "Making Your Privacy Practices Public." The guidance is based on the recently amended California Business & Professions Code, sections 22575-22579 ("CalOPPA"), and was "intended to encourage companies to craft privacy policy statements that address significant data collection and use practices, use plain language, and are presented in a readable format." The AG's recommendations "are not regulations, mandates or legal opinions. Rather, they are part of an effort to encourage the development of privacy best practices." Although the guidance focuses in part on the new "do not track" disclosure requirements imposed by the recent amendments to CalOPPA (AB 370), it includes much more, as well. The following article summarizes the highlights....