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15
key findings
3
free to read here
4
verified controls

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Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 4 findings
  • Contacts 1 finding
  • Messages 5 findings
  • Sensitive Data 17 findings
  • Tracking 2 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 12 findings
  • Sharing 33 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 10 findings
  • Other 8 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Location Airbnb may collect the precise location of health-related activities you book

What this means

Airbnb may collect the precise location of health-related activities you book, such as where you get a massage or a personal trainer session.

Why this matters

It ties a place to a kind of appointment, which is more revealing than either alone.

What the policy says

We may get the precise location of activities you book, including health-related activities, such as where you get a massage or book a personal trainer session.

From Airbnb United States Privacy Supplement

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Location Airbnb may collect your location even when you are not using the app

What this means

If you enable it through your settings or device permissions, Airbnb may collect your location even when you are not using the app.

Airbnb may collect your location even when you are not using the app, if you enable this through your settings or device permissions.

Why this matters

Background location keeps describing your day after you have finished booking.

What the policy says

We may also collect this information when you’re not using the app if you enable this through your settings or device permissions.

From Airbnb Privacy Policy

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Advertising & Profiling Automated processes analyze your activity on and off Airbnb and can suspend your access

What this means

Airbnb uses automated processes that analyze a user's account and their activities both on and off the Airbnb Platform, and those processes can restrict or suspend access where they detect activity posing a safety or other risk.

Airbnb uses automated processes that analyze a user's account and their activities both on and off the Airbnb Platform, and these processes can restrict or suspend a user's access if they detect activity posing a safety or other risk.

Why this matters

A decision about your account can be reached without a person looking at it.

What the policy says

In certain cases, automated processes, which analyze your account and activities on the Airbnb Platform as well as information in relation to activities on and off the Airbnb Platform that can be associated with you, could restrict or suspend your access to the Airbnb Platform if such processes detect activity that may pose a safety or other risk to Airbnb, our community, or third parties. Learn more about how our system determines whether certain reservations may carry a higher risk for incidents here .

From Airbnb Privacy Policy

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Sharing 4
  • Advertising & Profiling 3
  • Messages 2
  • Controls & Permissions 1
  • Location 1
  • Sensitive Data 1

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  • Location 1 more
  • Contacts 1 more
  • Messages 3 more
  • Sensitive Data 16 more
  • Tracking 2 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 8 more
  • Sharing 29 more
  • Controls & Permissions 9 more
  • Other 8 more

  • Complete report

    77 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    4 verified privacy controls, 2 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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