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Bankruptcy Court Delays Google’s $10M Spirit Data Purchase

8/22/2026

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U.S. bankruptcy court delayed approval of Google’s $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines’ internal data.
The approval hearing moved from August 19 to September 9, 2026.
A cabin-crew union objected, saying retained data links could still identify workers.
Spirit Airlines says personal identifiers will be removed from about 100 million emails and 500 million Teams messages.
Google plans to use the data for product development and AI model training.

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Story summary

U.S. bankruptcy court delayed approval of Google’s $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines’ internal data.
The approval hearing moved from August 19 to September 9, 2026.
A cabin-crew union objected, saying retained data links could still identify workers.
Spirit Airlines says personal identifiers will be removed from about 100 million emails and 500 million Teams messages.
Google plans to use the data for product development and AI model training.