# Google agrees to addition privacy protections in Spirit Airlines data sale

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/google-agrees-to-addition-privacy-protections-in-spirit-airlines-data-sale/
- Published: 2026-11-10T16:47:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T18:51:58+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/google-agrees-addition-privacy-protections-in-spirit-airlines-data-sale-6540286
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Google agreed to stronger safeguards for Spirit employee data.
- Health and medical information will be excluded from the sale.
- A bankruptcy judge is due to consider the $10 million deal next week.

## Summary

Google has agreed to stronger privacy protections for employee data it plans to acquire from defunct Spirit Airlines, clearing the way for a bankruptcy judge to consider the deal next week. The $10 million purchase would give Google material to train AI models, while the new safeguards respond to concerns about how workers’ information could be used.

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said the process will remove identifying details more rigorously and exclude significant employee information, including health and medical records. An independent verification agent chosen in consultation with unions will review the data; Google must keep it secure and confidential and cannot try to identify individuals. The proposed sale covers emails, spreadsheets, calendars and operational records. A privacy ombudsman previously recommended excluding personal information belonging to 97 million Spirit passengers.

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