According to The Register, California Attorney General Kamala Harris ruled that any program downloaded from Apple, Android, Amazon, Windows, HP, or Research In Motion Ltd. app stores should present a privacy policy that details what user information the software will have access to and how that data will be used. Apps that don't use personal data, however, need not present a policy.
Apps that fail to meet the new guidelines will be fined up to $5,000 per user. Users will soon receive new tools to report apps that breach privacy regulations, and a review will be held 6 months after the fact. This move comes after reports that only 5% of apps have privacy policies; popular titles have also been caught extracting user information like contact lists, location, age, gender, and even key taps.
(http://oag.ca.gov)