ROSA MARTINEZ VS. AIRBNB, INC. ET AL

SF Superior Court - Law & Motion / Discovery Dept 301 - CGC23607073 - August 27, 2026 Hearing date: August 27, 2026 Case number: CGC23607073 Case title: ROSA MARTINEZ VS. AIRBNB, INC. ET AL Case Number: | | CGC23607073 | Case Title: | | ROSA MARTINEZ VS. AIRBNB, INC. ET AL | Court Date: | | 2026-08-27 09:00 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Defendants Airbnb, Inc. And Airbnb Payments, Inc.”S Second Notice Of Motion And Motion To File Confidential Documents Under Seal; Memorandum Of Points And Authorities In Support Thereof | Rulings: | | On the Law & Motion/Discovery calendar for August 27, 2026, line 1. DEFENDANTS AIRBNB, INC., AIRBNB PAYMENTS, LLC'S Motion To File Confidential Documents Under Seal.

Defendants Airbnb, Inc. and Airbnb Payments, Inc.'s motion to seal documents specified in its notice of motion is granted. As to the categories of information specified in the moving papers, the court finds that Airbnb's nonpublic aggregate business data, internal deliberations and strategic planning, proprietary business information, and employee and user information are private information, as to which Airbnb's interest in maintaining confidentiality overcomes the public right of access to the court's records.

For employee and user information, there is a privacy interest by employees and users. For proprietary business processes, Airbnb has protected trade secrets. For safety information, the court credits the Chauvet declaration that Airbnb's candid discussions about safety measures would be chilled without confidentiality protection. These overriding interests support sealing the record, the sealing is narrowly tailored, no less restrictive means exist to protect the interests, and there is a substantial probability that the overriding interests would be compromised if the record were not sealed.

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