Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data
Summary
Ars Technica reports that Google won an auction to acquire a large, de-identified dataset of Spirit Airlines employee data, including emails, HR records, payroll, and work-related communications. Google says the data will be scrubbed of personal identifiers and not re-identified, but the Association of Flight Attendants argues that worker confidentiality is not adequately protected and warns that de-identified data can still reveal sensitive information when combined with other data sources. The sale has drawn legal objections and highlights broader concerns about privacy, data governance, and AI training data.