Key facts
- The union said it won a more rigorous de-identification process than previously planned.
- The union said significant employee data will be excluded from the sale, including health and medical information.
- Google won the August auction for Spirit data as part of the airline's closure and asset liquidation.
- The union said the agreement clears the way next week for approval of the $10 million deal.
Alphabet's Google has agreed to additional privacy protections for employee data it is acquiring from defunct Spirit Airlines, a union representing employees said on November 10, 2026. The union said 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 that 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.