Airbnb Wins Preliminary Ruling Blocking New York City Demand for Host Data

Source: Travel News

Ron Antonelli  / Bloomberg

Airbnb and HomeAway won a temporary injunction against a new law in New York City that would require both homesharing companies to share their hosts’ information with the city. Ron Antonelli / Bloomberg

Skift Take: Airbnb has argued that this law violates its hosts' privacy, and yet, it has agreements in cities that include San Francisco, New Orleans, and Chicago whereby the company supplies host information directly to local governments. So when is this data sharing considered a violation of privacy?

— Deanna Ting

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Airbnb Wins Preliminary Ruling Blocking New York City Demand for Host Data