Privacy-first connections: Empowering social experiences at Airbnb

Airbnb introduces privacy-first social features for Airbnb Experiences, separating internal user data from public profiles to protect guest privacy while enabling social connections.

• •Guests can choose whether to share their profile with co-guests for each Experience, controlling visibility of personal information
• •Introduces User (internal record) and Profile (public-facing representation) separation to manage context-aware privacy
• •Implements Experience-specific Guest Profiles that display only first name if guests choose to remain private
• •Uses distinct User IDs and Profile IDs to enable context-aware visibility and prevent profile linkage across different contexts
• •Applies least-privileged access principles with Himeji authorization system to ensure users only see necessary data