Retention & Deletion · Company practice
Airbnb keeps data as long as needed for its purposes and the law, judged by your relationship, legal duties and risk
Airbnb retains personal information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purposes for which it was obtained and further processed, consistent with applicable law. No fixed periods are given; instead the criteria are: how long Airbnb has an ongoing relationship with you as a Guest or Host (for example, as long as you have an account or keep using Airbnb) and the time afterward when it may have a legitimate need to keep the information, such as to manage and protect its business or address issues or defend claims; whether a legal, tax, reporting or auditing obligation applies, such as anti-money-laundering rules requiring transaction records to be kept for a period before deletion; and whether retention is advisable given Airbnb's legal position or to protect people's safety, including retention required or prudent under statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations.
Supporting quotations
We retain personal information for as long as needed or as permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and further processed and consistent with applicable law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Airbnb Platform to you, whether you are a Guest or a Host (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using Airbnb) and the length of time thereafter during which we may have a legitimate need to retain your personal information, such as to manage and protect our business, to address issues or defend claims that may arise,
whether there is a legal, tax, reporting, or auditing obligation to which we are subject, such as anti-money laundering requirements that requires us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them, and
whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position or to protect the safety of individuals, which includes retention that is required or prudent in accordance with applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Retention can continue after your account ends where Airbnb has a legitimate need, a legal obligation or a litigation or safety reason.
Not stated here
- No specific retention periods are stated.