On January 29, 2024, BC's Intimate Images Protection
Act ("Act"), and the accompanying
Intimate Images Protection Regulation
("Regulation"), will come into force.
The Act provides increased recourse for individuals who are the
victims of "revenge porn", where intimate images have
been distributed without their consent. The Act creates a parallel
system of civil liability and recourse for actions which are
already an offence under Canada's Criminal Code, and
an expedited process to have intimate images taken down, deleted,
or deindexed from search results.
An "intimate image" is defined to include a visual
recording or representation of an individual (whether or not they
are identifiable) in which they are, or are depicted as being, (i)
engaged in a sexual act; (ii) nude or nearly nude; or (iii)
exposing breasts, genital organs, or anal regions. An individual
must have had a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of
capture or distribution of the intimate
