In a first-of-its-kind case, a B.C. tribunal has ruled on a dispute involving the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, awarding damages and issuing orders that the photos be destroyed and taken offline.
The province introduced the Intimate Images Protection Act earlier this year giving the Civil Resolution Tribunal the jurisdiction to address these types of claims to provide an alternative to the more difficult, lengthy and potentially costly options of trying to pursue redress through criminal or civil court.
“For this to be one of the early cases using the maximum penalty in the face of some pretty reprehensible conduct, I think will encourage more victims of this type of misconduct to come forward and to take these steps knowing that there is a mechanism that is going to get them real compensation.”
