Your car and its mobile app are probably handing over all kinds of data to tech companies
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Connected vehicles quietly behaving like smartphones means your mobility data is already in the same ad, insurance, and risk-scoring pipes as web and app behavior. If you operate fleets or consumer apps around cars, assume granular telemetry is table stakes and tighten your own data posture before regulators do it for you.
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