# Google and flight attendants' union agree safeguards for Spirit data sale

_Published Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM EST · AI, Policy · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Google and a flight attendants' union reached an agreement this week adding privacy safeguards to Spirit Airlines' proposed $10 million data sale, WIRED reported. A judge must still approve the agreement next week.

The revised deal requires Spirit to hire Tonic AI to remove information that could identify consumers or employees and ensure cleaned data cannot be relinked to individuals. Google has promised to keep the data in that form. Employee medical records, investigation and labor relations documents, and industry-wide safety management information would be excluded.

The proposed sale includes records dating to 1986, including 1.99 billion emails and 664 million Microsoft Teams messages. Google may abandon the purchase if cleaning reduces the assets by more than 8 percent.

## Sources

- [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/google-wanted-spirit-airlines-data-flight-attendants-found-a-way-to-opt-out/)

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Published: 2026-11-12T10:39:25.716Z
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Retrieved: 2026-11-12T13:00:49.320Z
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