Airbnb Issued $10M Fine for Misleading Australian Customers

On Wednesday in an Australian courtroom, Airbnb was ordered to pay a $10 million tremendous (about AU$15 million) for charging Australian prospects in U.S. {dollars} with out their data.

The corporate admitted to creating “false or deceptive representations” to about 63,000 prospects in U.S. {dollars} for Australian lodging between January 2018 and August 2021, per The New York Times.

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Following Airbnb’s admission, they had been ordered to pay the tremendous inside 30 days for breaching Australian client legislation, plus AU$400,000 in prosecution prices. Airbnb may even pay as a lot as AU$ 15 million in compensation to affected prospects.

Because of the ordeal, Airbnb revised its platform to obviously state “USD” in August 2021 to keep away from confusion.

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“Whereas solely a really small share of Australian friends are believed to have been impacted, we’re upset that this occurred,” Airbnb’s Australia and New Zealand regional supervisor Susan Wheeldon mentioned in an announcement, per Reuters.

“Airbnb wish to apologize to these friends,” she added.