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New York Just Subpoenaed Airbnb to Hand Over Its User Data
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Thu, 2013-10-10 23:00
The city is fighting the startup for breaking local laws against operating an illegal hotel out of your home, worried that hustlers are abusing the online service to turn a profit. To that end, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just slapped the company with a subpoena to hand over the user data of all New Yorkers who've listed their apartment on the site, the New York Daily News reported today. That's about 225,000 users.
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