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Google to Buy Spirit Employee Data in $10M Deal

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  • Google is buying Spirit's employee data—including 100 million emails and 500 million Teams messages—in a $10 million AI deal.
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Steven Horsford and Union president Sara Nelson urged maximal employee data exclusion and safeguards.
  • A privacy ombudsman advised a judge to approve the deal on Oct 14 after removing data of 97 million passengers.
  • Google said it will not buy personal information and will de-identify data through an independent third party.