On the very last page of the process it said Airbnb might need to contact me to prove I made the request. I don't trust them either, but it's certainly better than the "deactivation" they were pushing.
Most companies don't delete accounts when you request to delete account, they only disable your access to account. So, before cancelling I prefer to go into account, remove as much info as possible and change all other info before requesting to delete account.
AirBnb wouldn't even let me access my account until I accepted their new T&C and upon declining they just moved me to cancel account with no chance to make any changes to existing info.
Even in Europe (where the GDPR is present) you can't always insist that they delete the data. If there is a legitimate interest, like a legal data retention requirement for transaction billing records, you can't force the covered data to be deleted while that interest remains valid. Also other data can often be acceptably anonymized by removing the linkage with your personal identifiers, rather than truly wiped from existence.
But yeah, a lot of companies don't even do what the GDPR actually requires, let alone what people think it does.
Yes, I've deleted my Airbnb account a few months ago and had to go through their confirmation process. I've never booked anything, I've never provided any ID etc., and yet I had to provide a copy of my ID to prove that I'm the owner.
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On the very last page of the process it said Airbnb might need to contact me to prove I made the request. I don't trust them either, but it's certainly better than the "deactivation" they were pushing.
I think it is still deactivation.
Most companies don't delete accounts when you request to delete account, they only disable your access to account. So, before cancelling I prefer to go into account, remove as much info as possible and change all other info before requesting to delete account.
AirBnb wouldn't even let me access my account until I accepted their new T&C and upon declining they just moved me to cancel account with no chance to make any changes to existing info.
If one lives in California with the CCPA, cannot one ask them to delete the data?
Even in Europe (where the GDPR is present) you can't always insist that they delete the data. If there is a legitimate interest, like a legal data retention requirement for transaction billing records, you can't force the covered data to be deleted while that interest remains valid. Also other data can often be acceptably anonymized by removing the linkage with your personal identifiers, rather than truly wiped from existence.
But yeah, a lot of companies don't even do what the GDPR actually requires, let alone what people think it does.
Yes, I've deleted my Airbnb account a few months ago and had to go through their confirmation process. I've never booked anything, I've never provided any ID etc., and yet I had to provide a copy of my ID to prove that I'm the owner.
"Please stop collecting and selling my data."
"OK, send more data!"