Andy Phippen is a Professor of Digital Rights at the Bournemouth University. He has specialised in the use of digital tech in social contexts and the intersection with legislation for over 15 years, carrying out a large amount of grass roots research on issues such as attitudes toward privacy and data protection, internet safety and contemporary issues such as sexting, peer abuse and the impact of digital technology on well-being. He has presented written and oral evidence to parliamentary inquiries, is widely published in the area and is a frequent media commentator on these issues. His other books include Sexting & Revenge Pornography – Legislative and Social Dimensions of a Modern Digital Phenomenon, Invisibly Blighted: the digital erosion of childhood (with Sandra Leaton Gray) and Child Protection and Safeguarding Technologies – Appropriate or Excessive ‘Solutions’ to Social Problems?
