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  "id": 18047732,
  "title": "Manufacturing Data is Valuable. GM’s $220 Million Privacy Settlement Shows It’s Also Costly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/manufacturing-data-is-valuable-gms-220-million-privacy-settlement",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:26:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/transportation/2026/manufacturing-data-is-valuable-gms-220-million-privacy-settlement-shows-its-also-costly/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Somewhere around the turn of the century, and the decades following, the smokestack economy become the connected economy. Connected vehicles, industrial equipment and warehouse devices today generate continuous streams of behavioral, operational and location data. That information can support subscription services, predictive maintenance, product development and new commercial partnerships. The…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}