Google Agrees to $10 Million Spirit Data Sale With Third-Party Privacy Filter
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Updated · WIRED · Nov 12
Google Agrees to $10 Million Spirit Data Sale With Third-Party Privacy Filter
3 articles · Updated · WIRED · Nov 12
Summary
Tonic AI would scrub Spirit Airlines data before Google receives it under a revised $10 million sale agreement that still needs a judge’s approval next week.
The change follows objections from the Association of Flight Attendants, which said Google’s earlier safeguards could expose worker identities in records including 1.99 billion emails and 664 million Teams messages.
The deal excludes medical files, labor-relations and investigation documents, and aviation safety-management information; Tonic must also ensure de-identified data cannot be relinked to specific people.
Google can walk away if the cleaning process cuts the data asset by more than 8%, while the union says it will press other airlines and lawmakers to adopt similar worker-data protections.