Intimate privacy and British Columbia’s new Intimate Images Protection Act
Intimate privacy involves the protection of information about our body, health, sexuality, gender, preferences and close personal relationships. Several Canadian provinces have recently established legislation to address threats to intimate privacy, including British Columbia’s Intimate Images Protection Act (IIPA). The Act aims to expedite the process by which victims of non-consensual distribution of intimate images (NCDII) may seek civil recourse to remove such images from online platforms, prevent image distribution and seek monetary damages.
This session provides an overview of this new and growing area of privacy law, including a breakdown of IIPA, key considerations for counsel representing victims and what challenges lie ahead when it comes to protecting intimate privacy.
Claire Feltrin, Deloitte Legal Canada LLP