Spirit’s privacy ombudsman backs Google’s $10m data deal
Passenger booking records are out of the Spirit Airlines data sale, and Tonic.ai will scrub the corporate email first. The bankruptcy court hears the deal on 14 October.
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The privacy official in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy has recommended approval of the sale of deidentified Spirit Airlines data to Google. In a report filed on 5 October, ombudsman Lucy Thomson said Spirit and Google had taken passenger databases out of the deal.
Google won the auction with a $10m bid, Business Insider reported. A hearing on the sale is scheduled for 14 October. The court…
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