If You’ve Ever Hosted On Airbnb, Your Personal Info May Be Up For Grabs
This story was originally published on October 7:
The legal battle between Airbnb and the City of New York has been seemingly unending, but the latest development is a total game changer, as it now involves every single Airbnb host.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued a subpoena for the rental site to release the data of all its hosts in New York, or about 225,000 users. Though the nature of the data Schneiderman is looking for remains unconfirmed, the amount of personal information a host is required to surrender as an Airbnb host is enough to cause concern. And according to the subpoena, approximately half of the site's listings are currently illegal.
