Dean William McGeveran Interviewed on Terms of Service Podcast
Dean William McGeveran, William S. Pattee Professor of Law, had an in-depth conversation on the Terms of Service podcast with host Mary Camacho about data privacy and privacy law. McGeveran discussed how privacy law has (and has not) kept pace with technology. He emphasized that there are limits to what individual consent means, compared U.S. and EU privacy practices, and offered examples of what meaningful regulation could look like in an era of AI and data saturation. He broke down the legal frameworks, challenged assumptions, and reminded us that privacy is not just a personal issue—it’s systemic.
”Consent is not a meaningful privacy framework in 2025. It never really was,” McGeveran said. He discussed why relying on individuals to manage their privacy is flawed—and what we could do instead.
