In a privacy-sensitive sale, structure beats a higher late price
micro1's $12.5M proposal (25% above Google's $10M) has not displaced Google two months after the auction: it came with micro1 de-identifying in house, plus offers to exclude sensitive employment material, keep data in the US, destroy raw employment records and give an independent reviewer a 1% sample; the ombudsman asked for further review of micro1 because it would not use an independent party, and the 14 October agenda lists only the Google transaction for approval.
Dated 5 Oct 2026Source checked 14 Oct 2026Page out of reach at the last check, 16 Oct 2026Basis: indicative
In the source's own words
“micro1 proposed to conduct the deidentification themselves and not to use an independent party. If the Court considers the company as the successful bidder, the Ombudsman requests an opportunity to conduct further research into their proposal”
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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 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))
- 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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