Google’s $10 million Spirit Airlines data deal faces flight attendants’ privacy challenge

Google’s $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines’ digital records in a bankruptcy auction faces an objection from the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents flight attendants nationwide. The union says safeguards described in the sale filing focus on consumer data and do not adequately protect sensitive employee information. The archive includes about 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, spreadsheets, calendars, software code, payroll records and other internal business data. Google, which beat AI recruiting company Mercor’s $7.5 million bid, says it has no interest in receiving personal identifying information and that data transferred through the sale will be de-identified by a third party. A judge overseeing the bankruptcy case has delayed approval while evaluating the claims. The union says it does not seek to stop the sale, but wants identifying information linked to employees and individuals removed before the data is transferred.

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