In re Spirit Aviation Holdings: Consumer Privacy Ombudsman supplemental report on the sale of deidentified data (conclusion) (In re Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., No. 25-11897-SHL (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), Dkt. 1684 (5 October 2026))
The court-appointed ombudsman backed the sale of de-identified records once passenger systems were excluded and an independent agent was hired to de-identify and certify each transfer.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“In conclusion, the Ombudsman recommends to the Court that from a privacy perspective, approval of the sale of the deidentified data would be appropriate. ... The potential privacy losses or costs to consumers have been eliminated or mitigated.”
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- The Spirit enterprise data on sale to Google derives from about 190 million flights and touches the personal data of about 97 million passengers; after the 5 October 2026 narrowing the structured passenger systems are out and corporate email stays in, de-identified by Tonic.ai.
- Settle the employee-data question before going to market
- Certified de-identification is the closing condition, so payment waits for it
- Drop consumer transaction systems to clear privacy review; the price held
- In a privacy-sensitive sale, structure beats a higher late price
- In re Spirit Aviation Holdings: Consumer Privacy Ombudsman supplemental report (de-identification standard) (In re Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., No. 25-11897-SHL (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), Dkt. 1684, p. 6 (5 October 2026))
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