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> What? No. Guests have reasonable expectation of privacy, same as hotels. What set of laws guarantee that? This is a consequence of living outside the laws m
by protomyth 9y ago
> What? No. Guests have reasonable expectation of privacy, same as hotels.
What set of laws guarantee that? This is a consequence of living outside the laws meant for hotels. AirBnBs are not hotel rooms.
- maxerickson 9y agoLots of jurisdictions have privacy laws. For a home, they are based on whether there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. People have a reasonable expectation of privacy in pretty much any bedroom intended for their use.
- protomyth 9y agoI would love to see some references to privacy laws that fit the situation. I think most of them come in the form of apartment landlord -> occupant, not occupant -> occupant. I think people really need to look carefully at what these laws actually say because I doubt any of the hotel laws and most of the renter laws actually apply.
- maxerickson 9y agoIt's not a stretch that the bedroom and bathroom of a rental would fall under this law, for example: http://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-21-15.html http://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-21-15.html The definition isn't about the rental arrangement, just the use of the room.
- protomyth 9y agoI don't know if I would rely on this one. Its about changing rooms (with a very specific definition) and bath rooms. A camera in the living room would probably not trigger the law. You might be there with the bedroom, but I wonder if that law would be triggered by a private security system for the home owner.
- maxerickson 9y agoI'm pretty sure privacy laws would apply to a simply invited guest; "you can change in there". I wouldn't be surprised if they applied to illicit recordings of a spouse... People enjoy strong rights in their own homes, they don't trump every right someone else may have.
- jackhack 9y agobut it's not an "occupant->occupant" relationship when one occupant is paying the other (aka "the owner"), with whom they have had no meaningful prior relationship, for the privilege of staying in this place for a day or two. That is by definition a stranger, and a landlord.
- protomyth 9y agoIt would be, but AirBnB's legality and where it fits in are constantly under dispute. If the jurisdiction has short term rental laws that fit, then yes its landlord -> occupant, but many places that rent AirBnB are not legally allowed in the first place. The law is different than common sense.