Consumer Apps · Travel/Lodging · Regulatory action
Airbnb
Headline
Airbnb is already required by federal rule to show you the FULL price upfront, before checkout — which sounds reassuring until you realize this only happened because the FTC forced the entire short-term-lodging…
Not independently verified. Verification status: Unverified - heuristic first draft. Publish state: draft unverified.
Airbnb is already required by federal rule to show you the FULL price upfront, before checkout — which sounds reassuring until you realize this only happened because the FTC forced the entire short-term-lodging industry to do it in 2025. Food-delivery apps (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Instacart) still aren't covered by an equivalent rule, meaning the honest pricing you get from Airbnb is a regulatory requirement, not a company choice — and most other apps you use haven't been forced into it yet.
- Severity
- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Primary source. None recorded — Unverified - heuristic first draft.
Terms
Arbitration
Standard binding arbitration + class action waiver expected (not independently confirmed word-for-word this pass).
Data sharing
Not itemized this pass.
Fees and billing
Airbnb is one of the FIRST companies subject to the FTC's Unfair or Deceptive Fees Rule (took effect May 2025), which requires short-term lodging platforms to disclose mandatory fees upfront rather than adding them at checkout — unlike food-delivery apps (Uber Eats, DoorDash, Instacart), which are not covered by this rule; for them the FTC published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on delivery fees in April 2026 (comments closed May 18, 2026).
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. PUBLIC COMPANY (ABNB). Service route: c/o General Counsel / Corporate Secretary, San Francisco, California — the corporate address on the SEC Form 10-K cover page is the official address of record. Confirm the exact street address on the current 10-K at sec.gov/edgar, and check the state-of-incorporation registered agent (usually Delaware; most large filers use The Corporation Trust Company or Corporation Service Company) via the Secretary of State business-entity search. A registered agent MUST accept service, which is why it is the reliable channel when a company publishes no privacy address.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
No claims have been itemized for this row yet.
No sources are on file for this row yet.
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy airbnb.com/help/article/2855 | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Terms of service airbnb.com/help/article/2908 | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Website airbnb.com | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source No URL recorded Verification: Unverified - heuristic first draft | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
Headquarters on file: California. Provisions of CCPA/CPRA on file:
| Provision | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Right to Deletion Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.105 | hard | source |
| Right to Correction Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.106 | hard | source |
| Right to Know / Access Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.110 | hard | source |
| Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.121; Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 7027 | hard | source |
| Right to Data Portability Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.130(a)(3)(B)(iii) | hard | source |
| Privacy Policy / Privacy Notice Requirements Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.130(a)(5); Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 7011 | hard | source |
| Sensitive Personal Information — Categories Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(ae) | hard | source |
| Service Provider and Contractor Contract Requirements Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(ag); Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 7051 | hard | source |
| Applicability Threshold (2025 CPI-Adjusted) Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(d) | threshold | source |
| Privacy Risk Assessment — Mandatory for High-Risk Processing (Eff. Jan. 1, 2026) Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.185(a)(15); Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, §§ 7150-7157 | hard | source |
| Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.120, 1798.135 | hard | source |
| Sale vs. Sharing Distinction Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.140(ad), 1798.140(ah) | hard | source |
| Enforcement — CPPA and AG; Civil Penalties (2025 CPI-Adjusted) Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.155, 1798.199.90; Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17206 | hard | source |
| Notice at Collection Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 7012 | hard | source |
| Cybersecurity Audit — Annual Independent Audit Requirement (Eff. Jan. 1, 2026) Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, §§ 7120-7124 | hard | source |
| Automated Decision-Making Technology (ADMT) — Notice, Opt-Out, and Access Rights Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, §§ 7200-7222; Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.185(a)(16) | hard | source |