Airbnb Privacy Policy

This document is Airbnb's Privacy Policy, governing the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal information for users of Airbnb's platforms globally, with stated legal bases including contractual necessity, legitimate interests, consent, and legal obligation varying by jurisdiction. The policy states that Airbnb collects a broad range of personal data including identity information, payment details, government-issued ID, precise geolocation, biometric data for verification purposes, communications content, device and usage data, and inferred preferences, and the terms authorize sharing this data with hosts, guests, payment processors, advertising partners, third-party service providers, and government authorities upon request. Notably, the policy asserts the right to collect government identification documents and conduct facial recognition or biometric screening for identity verification, which engages state-level biometric privacy statutes such as Illinois BIPA and Texas CUBI; the policy also reserves broad discretion to use personal data for profiling and targeted advertising, which may require evaluation under GDPR's restrictions on automated decision-making and consent requirements for behavioral advertising. The policy engages GDPR for EU and UK users, CCPA and CPRA for California residents, and a range of other regional frameworks, with Airbnb designating separate data controllers for different geographies; California residents are granted specific rights to know, delete, correct, and opt out of sharing personal information, while EU and UK users retain rights of access, erasure, restriction, and objection under GDPR, though the practical exercise of these rights depends on Airbnb's response processes and applicable enforcement. Material compliance considerations include the scope of third-party data sharing for advertising, the adequacy of consent mechanisms for biometric data collection, and the comprehensiveness of data retention disclosures, which the policy addresses at a general rather than specific level.