Google Agrees to Privacy Protections in Spirit Airlines Data Deal
By Katherine Hamilton
Google agreed to privacy protections as part of its deal to acquire employee data from Spirit Airlines.
As part of a push by the Association of Flight Attendants and other union groups, Google agreed to exclude employee data about health information, drug and alcohol testing, disciplinary records and identification documents.
The tech company also agreed to use international standards to de-identify the data, which will be reviewed by an independent verification agent chosen in consultation with the Association of Flight Attendants.
The privacy protections are particularly important as more personal data are being used to train AI models, said Nathan Good, a privacy and de-identification expert at Good Research.
The flight attendant union filed an objection in the bankruptcy court immediately following Spirit Airline's notice of sale. The union has four additional active filings before the court in the Spirit bankruptcy case.
Write to Katherine Hamilton at katherine.hamilton@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 10, 2026 12:49 ET (17:49 GMT)
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