I was once enticed by AirBnB's promise of "we don't store your ID data after validation"
Few years down the line, it requested me to submit my ID data for a booking in China.
All my ID data was pre-filled.
Few years down the line, it requested me to submit my ID data for a booking in China.
All my ID data was pre-filled.
Legally you may have an argument, morally I don't think there's much of a difference. I would certainly not be pleased to find out an app was doing that.
I know in China, the host have to submit a copy of your passport to the government for regulatory reasons. I don't like and I don't want to travel to China for similar reasons (Government is constantly spying on you). But it is not fair to say Airbnb is asking you for your ID.
It's not the host asking. In China, AirBnB does, it's a passport form in the app you can't skip.