How Hoteliers Should Handle Law Enforcement Requests
April 19, 2019 via Hotel News Now
When police come to a hotel looking for guest information without a warrant, front-desk employees and GMs who feel intimidated or who don’t understand the law are likely to comply.
In 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case City of Los Angeles v. Patel, the justices decided
5-4 that the Los Angeles law that required hoteliers to turn over any requested guest information to police on request, even without a warrant, violated the Fourth Amendment, said Charles Spitz, co-chair of Post & Schell’s Hospitality & Retail Practice Group, at the 2019 Hospitality Law Conference.
“It was seen as a huge victory for privacy rights,” he said.
Following this decision, hotels generally can’t give up guest information without a warrant, he said. What happens, though, if a front-desk clerk doesn’t know about this decision and shares the information with police?
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