Data Report Card · Airbnb
Airbnb Data Report Card
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9/12 Policy grade · Lodging marketplace
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Airbnb's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Self-serve request via Account → Privacy & sharing, delivered as a
Airbnb Help — Understanding your personal data file · accessed Jun 2026 ↗.zip spanning 29+ data categories (profile, messages, reservations, payments, reviews, IDs).2Portabilitystated
User chooses among
Airbnb Help — Understanding your personal data file · accessed Jun 2026 ↗HTML, Excel or JSON — including a fully machine-readable structured option explicitly intended for analysis/import.Connects to apps: No. Airbnb's API is restricted to partners that Airbnb invites and is oriented to listing and host data, not a consumer-grantable personal-data API; individual users obtain their data through Airbnb's account and privacy request processes. Airbnb — API Terms of Service · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Frictionstated
Self-serve request, but delivered by email after processing and the download link expires after a limited time, requiring re-request if missed; no instant download and no stated SLA.
Airbnb Help — Understanding your personal data file · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Deletionstated
Self-serve deletion via Account settings → Privacy, but it is immediate and irreversible with no grace period (cannot reactivate or recover), and some data (e.g. reviews) and legally-required records are retained.
Airbnb Help — Deactivating or deleting your account · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Sells / sharesstated
Airbnb states it does not sell data and is "not a data broker"; for ad/analytics sharing that laws may deem "selling/sharing" it offers an opt-out and explicitly honors the Global Privacy Control universal opt-out signal.
Airbnb Help — United States Privacy Supplement · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Trains AIstated
Airbnb uses personal information to develop AI-powered features (a Feb 2026 policy update secured rights to train models on host data, effective Apr 20) but provides a real opt-out at Account → Privacy → "Help improve AI-powered features."
Airbnb Help — Control your privacy preferences · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Airbnb leads on access/portability (a true JSON export option) and honors GPC with a stated no-sale posture, but deletion has no grace period and it now trains AI on user/host data with an opt-out rather than off-by-default. Source-verified Jun 2026; all cells stated (read from published policy/support docs), none yet tested via live export.
Events
Breaches, policy changes, and export-format changes we’ve recorded at Airbnb — other parties’ actions, alongside the enforcement record above. An event never changes a grade by itself. All events →
No events on record for Airbnb.
Grade history
Every change to this company’s grade since it was first published, and why. All grade changes →
No changes since this grade was first published in Jun 2026.
How to request your data from Airbnb
- Go to https://www.airbnb.com/privacy/manage-your-data — Airbnb's data-request entry point.
- Account → Privacy & sharing → Request your personal data.
- Expected wait: not stated; emailed when file ready (available for limited time) — Airbnb's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Airbnb — Data Protection Officer: mailto:dpo@airbnb.com.
These steps reflect Airbnb's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.