Google’s Spirit Airlines email deal faces ‘obstacle’ from flight attendants’ union

A US bankruptcy court has delayed approval of Google’s planned $10 million purchase of Spirit Airlines’ digital archives after the former flight attendants raise privacy concerns. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the objection filed with the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, warned that the deal could violate worker privacy by allowing employee data to be used to train artificial intelligence models.Google’s plan to buy Spirit Airlines’ 100 million emails: Union’s privacy concernsThe labor union representing thousands of former Spirit flight attendants urged the court to block the sale unless the agreement explicitly excludes confidential employee information or guarantees equal protection for it as consumer data. The union said the transaction’s privacy safeguards focus on customer data, leaving employee records — including payroll, tax forms, and travel logs — exposed.