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Airbnb settles lawsuit over New York City data demands

By Richard Vanderford ( June 12, 2020, 17:56 GMT | Insight) -- Airbnb has agreed to drop a lawsuit against New York City and comply with the city's demands for data on its rentals, in a settlement with the city. Under an agreement filed today in New York federal court, Airbnb will drop challenges to a New York law that requires it and similar hosts to turn over rental data, but the city will add more confidentiality protections to the law. Airbnb adopted the more conciliatory approach to better position itself to reform the city's highly restrictive policy on short-term rentals.Airbnb has agreed to drop a lawsuit against New York City and comply with the city's demands for data on its rentals, in a settlement with the city. ...

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