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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:03 PM Oct 2013

Airbnb Has To Hand Over User Data To New York City Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is cracking down on the apartment-sharing site Airbnb and its users, demanding that the company hand over user data on an estimated 15,000 New York City apartment hosts.

The Daily News reports Schneiderman subpoenaed the data as part of an investigation into the website stemming from a 2010 law that makes it illegal to use to rent out your own apartment in New York City.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-subpoena-airbnb-user-data-2013-10

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Airbnb Has To Hand Over User Data To New York City Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (Original Post) FarCenter Oct 2013 OP

But...law enforcement using subpoenas for personal data is so Big Brotherish! randome Oct 2013 #1

a 2010 law that makes it illegal to use to rent out your own apartment in New York City. ? leftyohiolib Oct 2013 #2

I think that less than 30 day sublets are illegal FarCenter Oct 2013 #3

randome

(34,845 posts)

1. But...law enforcement using subpoenas for personal data is so Big Brotherish!

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:13 PM

Oct 2013

Especially when it involves computers and stuff!
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leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

2. a 2010 law that makes it illegal to use to rent out your own apartment in New York City. ?

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:15 PM

Oct 2013

does that mean it's illegal to sub-let?

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)

3. I think that less than 30 day sublets are illegal

Reply to leftyohiolib (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:38 PM

Oct 2013

Longer sublets may or may not be legal, and there are hoops to jump through. It differs if your apartment is rent-stabilized or not. It may depend on the terms of your lease. It's NYC; it's complicated.

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