Daily Memo: A New Arena? The Struggle Over Spirit’s Data Sale

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Is anonymity enough when it comes to confidentiality? The question, pitting deidentification against exclusion, is at the heart of a struggle over decades of Spirit Airlines employee data auctioned to Google for $10 million. The pending transaction, still subject to court approval, would transfer...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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