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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Civil remedy for victims of non-consensual intimate image disclosure",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa Code Chapter 659A provides a civil cause of action for depicted individuals whose intimate images are disclosed without consent",
      "body": "Iowa Code Chapter 659A provides a civil cause of action for depicted individuals whose intimate images are disclosed without consent\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature actually says:\n\n“This chapter may be cited as the 'Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act'. 2021 Acts, ch 56, §1”",
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      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/publications/search/document?fq=id:1591884&pdid=1545705&q=sexual+images",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-14",
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      "evidence_quote": "This chapter may be cited as the 'Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act'. 2021 Acts, ch 56, §1",
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      "subject": "Iowa unauthorized disclosure of intimate images law",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Definition of intimate image",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] An intimate image is defined as a photograph, film, video recording, or other similar medium showing uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple, or a person engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct",
      "body": "An intimate image is defined as a photograph, film, video recording, or other similar medium showing uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple, or a person engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Intimate image\" means a photograph, film, video recording, or other similar medium that shows any of the following: a.  The uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple of a depicted individual. b.  A depicted individual engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Intimate image\" means a photograph, film, video recording, or other similar medium that shows any of the following: a.  The uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple of a depicted individual. b.  A depicted individual engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa unauthorized disclosure of intimate images law: civil cause of action elements",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A depicted individual who is identifiable and suffers harm from intentional disclosure without consent of a private intimate image has a cause of action if the person knew or acted with reckless disregard that the individual did not consent and the image was private",
      "body": "A depicted individual who is identifiable and suffers harm from intentional disclosure without consent of a private intimate image has a cause of action if the person knew or acted with reckless disregard that the individual did not consent and the image was private\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature actually says:\n\n“Except as otherwise provided in section 659A.4, a depicted individual who is identifiable and who suffers harm from a person's intentional disclosure or threatened disclosure, without the depicted individual's consent, of an intimate image that was private has a cause of action against the person, if the person knew, or acted with reckless disregard regarding, all of the following: a. The depicted individual did not consent to the disclosure. b. The intimate image was private. c. The depicted individual was identifiable.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Except as otherwise provided in section 659A.4, a depicted individual who is identifiable and who suffers harm from a person's intentional disclosure or threatened disclosure, without the depicted individual's consent, of an intimate image that was private has a cause of action against the person, if the person knew, or acted with reckless disregard regarding, all of the following: a. The depicted individual did not consent to the disclosure. b. The intimate image was private. c. The depicted individual was identifiable.",
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