Airbnb Terms Scorecard

Grade A- — Mostly protective (score 85/100)

Airbnb forces individual arbitration and class action waivers for US users, and claims a broad, perpetual license to user content.

Forced arbitration, class action waiver, and broad content license.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
LIKELY
Trains AI on your content
UNCLEAR
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
YES
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Section 25.4 — Arbitration Agreement

You and Airbnb mutually agree that any dispute... will be settled by binding arbitration on an individual basis.

You cannot sue Airbnb in court; you must resolve disputes through private, individual arbitration.

Section 25.12 — Class Action Waiver

you and Airbnb acknowledge and agree that each waives the right to participate as a plaintiff or as a class member in any class action or class-wide arbitration.

You are prohibited from joining or initiating class action lawsuits against Airbnb.

Section 9 — Content License

you grant Airbnb a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable and transferable license to access, use, store, copy, modify... and otherwise exploit, in any manner such that Content

Airbnb claims a permanent, global right to use, modify, and distribute anything you post on their platform.

Section 12.4 — Legal Mandates

Airbnb may take any action it determines is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, or the order or request of a court, law enforcement, or other administrative agency

Airbnb will disclose your data to government or law enforcement agencies upon request or legal order.

Section 13.2 — Termination

You may terminate this agreement at any time by sending us an email or by deleting your account.

You have a clear, self-serve right to terminate your account and the agreement.

Section 13 — Modification

We will also provide you with notice of any material changes... at least 30 days before the date they become effective.

Airbnb promises to notify you of significant changes to the terms at least 30 days in advance.

Last reviewed 2026-08-25 under rubric v3.5.

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