Us district court blocks new york city data collection, ordinance violates fourth amendment

Marc Rotenberg*, Bilyana Petkova*

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Abstract

Airbnb, Inc, and HomeAway.com v City of New York, Decision of the US Court for the Southern District of New York of 3 January 2019 The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees the ‘right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures.’ The Fourth Amendment is violated when a search or seizure is found to be unreasonable. ANewYorkCityOrdinance requiring home-sharing companies to providemonthly records containing personal information of the companies’ users is an unreasonable search and seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)266-270
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Data Protection Law Review
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019

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