New York Supreme Court grants Airbnb the right to protect user data

A judge has quashed a controversial subpoena in the ongoing battle between Airbnb and the New York attorney general’s office over whether the five-year-old company is operating illegal hotels (and violating state law). But Airbnb shouldn’t celebrate just yet: The AG’s office says it’s already in the process of filing another subpoena for Airbnb’s records. Last year, Albany demanded that Airbnb hand over information on its hosts, including names, addresses and non-personal information such as how long a guest may have stayed in a host’s apartment.