Airbnb "Indoor CCTV Installation in Shared Accommodations Prohibited from April 30"

The world's largest shared accommodation company, Airbnb, announced that it will ban the installation of CCTV in shared accommodations worldwide starting from the 30th of next month.

According to the British daily The Guardian on the 11th (local time), Juniper Downs, Airbnb's Head of Community Policy and Partnerships, stated in a press release that "the enhanced security camera policy for privacy protection was developed through consultations with guests, hosts, and privacy experts," adding, "We will continue to seek feedback to ensure the updated policy can be applied to the global community."

However, Airbnb added that cameras are allowed to be installed only in common areas such as indoor hallways and living rooms if the camera installation location is disclosed on the accommodation information page. Airbnb emphasized that hosts who violate the new security camera policy may lose their registered host status.

So far, Airbnb guests have complained about privacy invasions caused by CCTV installed in some shared accommodations. However, Airbnb expects that very few hosts will be affected by this policy since there are not many shared accommodations with indoor security cameras installed.

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