(1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is younger than 18 years old.
- (b) "Online service provider" means an internet service provider, search engine, or cloud service provider, including an affiliate or subsidiary of an internet service provider, search engine, or cloud service provider.
- (c) "Parent" means an individual who has a parent-child relationship, as defined in Section 81-5-102, with the child.
(2) A person is not liable under this part if the person proves that disclosure of, or a threat to disclose, an intimate image was:
(a) made in good faith as part of:
- (i) law enforcement activity;
- (ii) a legal proceeding; or
- (iii) medical education or treatment;
(b) made in good faith in the reporting or investigation of:
- (i) unlawful conduct; or
- (ii) unsolicited and unwelcome conduct;
- (c) related to a matter of public concern or public interest; or
- (d) reasonably intended to assist the depicted individual.
- (3) Subject to Subsection (4), a defendant who is a parent, legal guardian, or individual with legal custody of a child is not liable under this part for a disclosure or threatened disclosure of an intimate image of the child.
(4) If a defendant asserts an exception to liability under Subsection (3), the exception does not apply if the plaintiff proves the disclosure was:
- (a) prohibited by law other than this part; or
- (b) made for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary or commercial gain.
- (5) An online service provider is not liable under this part solely for providing access to, transmitting, downloading, storing, or connecting a user to an intimate image on the internet or on a facility, system, or network not under the online service provider's control if the online service provider did not create the intimate image.
- (6) Disclosure of, or a threat to disclose, an intimate image is not a matter of public concern or public interest solely because the depicted individual is a public figure.
Enacted by Chapter 288, 2026 General Session