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Google agrees to extra privacy terms on Spirit Airlines data buy
A union said Tuesday that Google agreed to tighter de-identification and to exclude health data from a $10 million Spirit Airlines dataset purchase for AI training, Reuters reported via Channel NewsAsia.
Based on reporting by CNA
Wire reporting: (Reuters, via CNA)
Alphabet's Google has agreed to additional privacy protections tied to buying employee-related data from defunct Spirit Airlines, a union representing employees said Tuesday, according to a Reuters report carried by Channel NewsAsia1.
The union said the terms include a more rigorous de-identification process than previously planned and that significant employee data, including health and medical information, will be excluded from the sale, CNA reported, citing Reuters1. The report said the agreement clears the way next week for approval of Google's $10 million deal to acquire Spirit data to train AI models1.
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 marketing, productivity and operations material, the same Reuters account said1. Spirit Airlines halted operations in May, according to that report1.
This desk could not open the Reuters article itself; the CNA page credits Reuters as the source1.
