{"id":2843,"date":"2026-08-21T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:43:14","slug":"adding-insult-to-injury-union-accuses-google-of-creepy-data-deal-in-spirit-airlines-transaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2843","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Adding insult to injury\u2019: Union accuses Google of creepy data deal in Spirit Airlines transaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-573201437.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s $10 million purchase of a vast archive of Spirit Airlines\u2019 internal data\u2014which includes employee emails\u2014has run into opposition from flight attendants, who argue that the privacy protections attached to the deal do not adequately cover sensitive information. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents flight attendants nationwide, filed an objection in US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the proposed sale of the airline\u2019s digital records to Google.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe privacy architecture of this transaction is consumer-facing; its payload is disproportionately employee-facing,\u201d the filing states. \u201cHence, the employee data is far more confidential than the customer data, yet receives far less protection than the customer data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spirit Airlines has been one of America\u2019s best-known low-cost airlines, building business off of affordable flights and charging separately for services. But its collapse has led investors and stakeholders to sell off the company\u2019s remaining assets, which include physical and digital property.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dispute creates a wrinkle in Google\u2019s effort to turn the remains of the bankrupt airline into fuel for its AI ambitions. The tech giant won a bankruptcy auction for $10 million, beating AI recruiting company Mercor who offered $7.5 million. The transaction includes roughly 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages\u2014along with spreadsheets, calendars, software code and other internal business records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google has disputed the data risk and told <em>Fortune<\/em> it is currently reviewing the objection filed by the union. The company posits there will be no personal identifying information that is of concern by the AFA-CWA included in the data obtained by Google.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe acquired part of an enterprise dataset from Spirit Airlines, which can be helpful in improving our products and AI models,\u201d A Google spokesperson told <em>Fortune<\/em>. \u201cWe will not receive any personal information from this dataset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also said any data that is received through the sale will be de-identified by an unnamed third party before being obtained by the tech corporation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Google\u2019s sale filing, the data protections applied to the auction include consumer data\u2014but doesn\u2019t specifically state employee confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAssets shall not include information that relates to, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated with a consumer or is otherwise considered \u2018personal data\u2019, \u2018personal information\u2019, \u2018nonpublic personal information\u2019 or other similar term under applicable data protection laws,\u201d the filing read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google says it has \u201cno interest\u201d in receiving employee or any individual personal identifying information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Association of Flight Attendants says Google\u2019s safeguards aren\u2019t enough. In a note published this week, the union said the auction filing \u201cdoes not address whether the contents of the record are confidential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union also wrote that they have concerns that the Sale Agreement\u2019s \u201cdeidentification\u201d might still preserve \u201creferential integrity across the data set\u201d\u2014meaning the transmission of the data could possibly allow the confidential records to be followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization has also sent challenges to the failed airline itself, arguing the company did not adequately notify employees before shutting down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpirit Flight Attendants still haven\u2019t been paid their accrued vacation and sick leave, along with other compensation they are due,\u201d AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson told <em>Fortune<\/em>. \u201cAttempting to now sell their data is adding insult to injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this doesn\u2019t mean the union is committed to shutting down the sale\u2014or the data transfer. According to its filing, AFA-CWA \u201cdoes not seek to disrupt the Debtors\u2019 sale process, to unwind the Auction, or to prevent the estates from monetizing data assets.\u201d Instead, it only looks to remove all identifying information that can be traced back to individuals and employees related to the airline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe flight attendants\u2019 interest is in confidentiality,\u201d the filing states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Adding #insult #injury #Union #accuses #Google #creepy #data #deal #Spirit #Airlines #transaction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google\u2019s $10 million purchase &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2212,2373,1933,2653,5361,541,2620,110,636,5359,5358,5362,5357,5363,5360],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-accuses","tag-adding","tag-airlines","tag-auction","tag-creepy","tag-data","tag-data-privacy","tag-deal","tag-google","tag-injury","tag-insult","tag-spirit","tag-spirit-airlines","tag-transaction","tag-union"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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