Airbnb at risk of “massive” fine for data protection breach
Europe: Airbnb is facing a potentially “massive” fine under GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation] legislation after notifying the Irish Data Protection Commission of a data breach that allowed some of its users in Europe and around the world to view other hosts’ private inboxes last week. The home-sharing platform informed the data protection tsar in […]
Airbnb accommodation privacy ‘breached’ through online ‘glitch’
Worldwide: Airbnb hosts have reported seeing other hosts’ private inboxes, rather than their own, on their accounts as discussions between hosts and guests, including addresses and codes to enter the properties, were revealed. The reported ‘glitch’ was swiftly communicated in Airbnb group discussions online and confirmed to be worldwide. Screenshots were shared online on social […]