Short-term rental platform HomeAway.com Inc. has lost out on a bid to overturn an order forcing the company to hand over information about San Francisco property owners who use the website to list rentals.

HomeAway’s lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher had argued a subpoena from the city of San Francisco asking for information including the names, addresses and contact information of residents who rent out property on the site was too broad. The Gibson lawyers also contended that enforcing the subpoena would impinge customers’ First Amendment rights and violate provisions of the Stored Communications Act—the federal law which restricts the government’s ability to compel disclosure of data stored by an internet service provider.

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