In a new chapter of what is starting to seem like a never-ending legal battle, New York is asking Airbnb to hand over data on all 15,000 city hosts registered on the website, as part of an investigation into illegal hotels in New York City
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent a subpoena to the startup requesting it to hand over data on all its New York City users, as first reported by the New York Daily News.
Nick Papas, an Airbnb spokesperson, confirmed to Mashable that the company has received a subpoena for “detailed data on our hosts,” he wrote in an email. But he also denied that there is a Monday deadline to turn over the data, as the Daily News reported. Papas also declined to answer other questions and provide more details on the scope of the subpoena. Read more…
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