§ 25-3502.Definitions.

Section 25-3502 supplies the working vocabulary for the entire Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. Consent means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization by someone with legal capacity to give it. A depicted individual is whoever’s body appears, in whole or in part, in an intimate image — a definition that extends to images created by computer generation or digital manipulation, so a depiction does not need to show an actual photograph of a real event to fall within the act. Disclosure means transferring, publishing, or distributing the image to another person.

“Identifiable” covers more ground than a visible face: a depicted individual is identifiable if a person other than the depicted individual could recognize them from the image itself, from an identifying characteristic shown alongside it, or from information displayed with it. An intimate image means a photograph, film, video, or similar medium showing either the uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple of the depicted individual, or the depicted individual engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct — a term the section defines to include masturbation, genital, anal, or oral sex, sexual penetration with an object, bestiality, or the transfer of semen onto the depicted individual. “Person” is defined broadly, covering individuals, estates, businesses, nonprofits, and government bodies alike, so the act’s reach is not limited to lawsuits between private individuals.