Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI

(theregister.com)

25 points | by pseudolus 39 minutes ago

2 comments

  • KORraN 25 minutes ago
  • everyone 16 minutes ago
    How the fuck is that even remotely legal? ... "deidentified" my ass.
    • embedding-shape 10 minutes ago
      Ah, but Google promised to remove PII they found in this deidentified dataset, so worry not.

      > If you’ve flown Spirit and worry that Google will soon know about a testy conversation you had with the airline’s call center, you’re being told not to worry. The court filing says the data was deidentified before being put on sale and Google has promised to scrub any PII it finds in the trove.