Exploring the Law of Non-Consensual Disclosure of Intimate Images

You may have heard of the non-consensual disclosure of intimate images (“NCDII”) or the more colloquial term, “revenge porn”. These terms fall under the broader concept of sexual privacy, which sits at the apex of privacy values because of its importance to intimacy, sexual agency, and equality.

CFLS has organized a special lecture with Claire Feltrin and Moira Aikenhead which will explore these concepts, identify key statistics and developments in Canadian privacy law, and delineate the various criminal and civil remedies available for targets of NCDII. The lecture will also touch on a new pro bono project aimed at assisting such individuals, known as The Sexual Privacy Project. Because those most affected by invasions of sexual privacy are women, sexual minorities and people of colour, the combatting and remediation of invasions of sexual privacy is of utmost importance if we are to protect these individuals’ dignity, sexual autonomy, physical integrity, and equality in our society today.

Anyone is welcome to attend! If you have any questions, please email cfls@allard.ubc.ca. Thank you and we hope to see you there.

Speakers

Claire Feltrin

Claire Feltrin is a privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation lawyer with several years of experience at leading national law firms. She assists clients from all sectors in respect of a wide range of privacy and cybersecurity matters. In addition, Claire is the founder of a pro bono project aimed at assisting targets of non-consensual disclosure of intimate images across Canada, called The Sexual Privacy Project. Claire is called to the bar in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, and is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, where she worked closely with Professor Jane Bailey on the e-Girls Project.

moira aikenhead

Moira Aikenhead is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Her work focuses on the legal regulation of technology-facilitated gender-based violence, which involves circumstances where gender based violence occurs online or the harms are made more impactful by online technologies. Moira’s work aims to identify different forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence in the Canadian context, and seeks to determine the gaps in Canadian legislation that leave women vulnerable to these forms of gender-based violence.

 

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