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121 lawmakers seek worker-data protections in Google’s $10 million Spirit Airlines data deal

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More than 120 U.S. lawmakers are urging limits on the worker information Google could acquire in a court-supervised sale of Spirit Airlines’ internal data, intended to train AI systems. A hearing on the sale is scheduled for Oct. 14; the proposed transaction is valued at $10 million.

Discovered 2026-10-08T13:04:43.006450-07:00 | 2026-10-08T13:04:43.006450-07:00

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  • The proposed $10 million sale would give Google a large archive of airline business data for AI training; lawmakers’ concerns center on the inclusion and protection of worker information. The underlying data trove is described here.
  • The Oct. 14 hearing puts data handling and worker privacy directly into the court-supervised asset-sale process, an issue relevant to companies managing employee records in distressed-business transactions.

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