Through APIs the app may fetch your location, connect to payment gateways and verify your identity with other platforms
Airbnb gives examples of what APIs may do in the app: fetch your location to find accommodations near you, sync with payment gateways to process transactions securely, or verify your identity against other trusted platforms. Through these interfaces, specific data such as your profile details or booking history can be transmitted and analyzed to deliver content and recommendations. APIs let different components communicate and share data, which might include information about you such as profile data or location information.
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For instance, APIs may allow the app to fetch your location to find accommodations near you, sync with payment gateways to process transactions securely, or verify your identity against other trusted platforms.
Through these interfaces, specific data such as your profile details or booking history can be transmitted and analyzed to deliver content and recommendations.
APIs allow different components to communicate and share data, which might include information about you, such as profile data or location information.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples ("For instance") of what APIs "may" do; they are not stated as always happening.
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The "other trusted platforms" used for identity verification and the payment gateways are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Some of the app's SDKs and APIs come from third-party providers, for social sharing, push notifications or analytics
Airbnb says some of the SDKs and APIs in its app come from third-party providers, enabling features such as social sharing, push notifications or analytics. The providers are not named here.
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In addition, some SDKs and APIs come from third-party providers, enabling functionalities like social sharing, push notifications, or analytics.
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The third-party SDK and API providers and what data they receive are not identified in this source.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Airbnb lets third parties collect data for it and discloses data to them, including for cross-site advertising
Airbnb allows third parties to collect data on its behalf and discloses certain data to third parties for the purposes described in the Cookie Policy and in its Privacy Policy. This includes advertising on and off the Airbnb Platform based on your online activities over time and across different sites, services and devices. For more on how Airbnb shares information with partners, the policy points to the Airbnb Privacy Policy, which is not part of this source.
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Airbnb allows third parties to collect data on our behalf and discloses certain data to third parties for the purposes described above and in our Privacy Policy, including advertising on and off the Airbnb Platform that is based on users’ online activities over time and across different sites, services, and devices.
For more information on how we share information with partners, see the Airbnb Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
Airbnb discloses "certain data", not all data.
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The purposes "in our Privacy Policy" and the details of sharing with partners are in the Privacy Policy, which was not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Airbnb integrates Google Analytics with Google ad features including remarketing and cross-device reporting
Airbnb says it may integrate the analytics services it uses with advertising services offered by the same analytics providers. For example, it integrates Google Analytics with these Google advertising features: Remarketing with Google Analytics; Cross Device Remarketing & Reporting; Google Analytics Demographics & Interest Reporting; and Google Display Network Impression Reporting.
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In some cases, we may integrate the analytics services we use with certain advertising services that are also made available by our analytics providers.
For example, we integrate Google Analytics with the following Google advertising features:
Remarketing with Google Analytics
Cross Device Remarketing & Reporting
Google Analytics Demographics & Interest Reporting
Google Display Network Impression Reporting
Qualifications & exceptions
The general integration is "in some cases"; the Google Analytics integration with the four listed features is stated as current practice.
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The policy names the Google features but does not explain what data each one uses.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Using social plugins or share buttons may send your Airbnb activity to the social network
The Airbnb Platform may include social plugins run by third parties, such as Facebook's Like Button, or options to share on social media or through third-party messaging services. Using these features may send information about your activity on Airbnb to that third party. If you are logged in to your social media account when sharing, the third party may be able to associate your Airbnb information with your account and other information it has about you. Airbnb points you to the third party's privacy policy to learn about its practices before you share.
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The Airbnb Platform may include social plugins operated by third parties, such as Facebook’s Like Button, or options to share directly on social media pages or via direct messaging services operated by third parties.
Using these features may transmit information about your activity on the Airbnb platform to the relevant third party.
If you are logged in to your third-party social media account when sharing, the third party may be able to associate your information from the Airbnb Platform with your account and other information the third party has about you.
Please refer to the third party’s privacy policy to learn more about its data practices before engaging in social media sharing on the Airbnb Platform.
Qualifications & exceptions
Transmission and association are stated as "may"; association depends on being logged in to the third-party account when sharing.