The Intimate Images Protection Act (IIPA), passed in March 2023, gives the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) jurisdiction to resolve claims about non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
The Intimate Images Protection Act (IIPA) came into force on January 29, 2024.
Under IIPA, the CRT can issue protection orders that require an intimate image be deleted, de-indexed, and/or removed from a website or social media platform. If a person or internet platform doesn’t comply with a protection order, the CRT can order an administrative penalty. Administrative penalties are payable to government. The CRT can also award damages of up to $5,000.
Some quick and early statistics:
- On February 15, 2024 the CRT issued its first intimate image protection order.
- As of February 23, 2024 we’ve received 26 claims for intimate image protection orders.
- The Solution Explorer has been used 363 times so far by people looking for information about their options if they had an intimate image shared (or threatened to be shared) without their consent.
We’ll provide more data about intimate image claims as part of our regular statistics blog posts every month.