The revised agreement ensures that significant employee data, including medical information, will be entirely excluded from the bankruptcy sale. Google must process the remaining communications in a secure environment under strict confidentiality rules, with an independent verification agent reviewing the de-identification process. Lawmakers had raised alarms after the auction revealed the transaction involved an estimated 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages from Spirit personnel. A privacy ombudsman previously recommended moving forward with the asset transfer after removing the personal records of roughly 97 million passengers.
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A bankruptcy judge is poised to approve the sale of Spirit Airlines' operational data to…: A bankruptcy judge is poised to approve the sale of Spirit Airlines' operational data to Google next week.
Alphabet will deploy the acquired communications and productivity spreadsheets to train i…: Alphabet will deploy the acquired communications and productivity spreadsheets to train its artificial intelligence models.
Passenger information for ninety-seven million individuals had already been stripped foll…: Passenger information for ninety-seven million individuals had already been stripped following a privacy ombudsman's prior recommendation.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 10 : Alphabet's Google has agreed to additional privacy protections in the acquisition of employee data from defunct Spirit Airlines, a union representing employees said Tuesday.
The agreement clears the way next week for approval of Google's $10 million deal to acquire Spirit data to train AI models. The union said it had won a more rigorous de-identification process than previously planned and added significant employee data will be excluded from the sale, including health and medical information.
As part of Spirit's closure and asset liquidation, Google won an auction in August for data from emails, spreadsheets and calendars, as well as for marketing, productivity and operations.
Spirit Airlines halted operations in May. A bankruptcy judge is now set to approve the deal next week.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said the de-identified data will also be reviewed by an independent verification agent chosen in consultation with unions, and Google is prohibited from attempting to re-identify the data and is required to process it in a secure environment and treat it as confidential.
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