Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images

In this section: The term “commercial pornographic content” means any material that is subject to the record keeping requirements under section 2257 of title 18. The term “consent” means an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization made by the individual free from force, fraud, misrepresentation, or coercion. The term “depicted individual” means an individual whose body appears in whole or in part in an intimate visual depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature, or from information displayed in connection with the visual depiction. The term “disclose” means to transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible. The term “intimate visual depiction”— means a visual depiction, as that term is defined in section 2256(5) of title 18, that depicts— the display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids— includes any visual depictions described in subparagraph (A) produced while the identifiable individual was in a public place only if the individual did not— The term “sexually explicit conduct” has the meaning given the term in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 2256(2) of title 18. Except as provided in paragraph (4), an individual whose intimate visual depiction is disclosed, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce, without the consent of the individual, where such disclosure was made by a person who knows that, or recklessly disregards whether, the individual has not consented to such disclosure, may bring a civil action against that person in an appropriate district court of the United States for relief as set forth in paragraph (3). In the case of an individual who is under 18 years of age, incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased, the legal guardian of the individual or representative of the identifiable individual’s estate, another family member, or any other person appointed as suitable by the court, may assume the identifiable individual’s’ 1 rights under this section, but in no event shall the defendant be named as such representative or guardian. For purposes of an action under paragraph (1)— In a civil action filed under this section— In ordering relief under subparagraph (A), the court may grant injunctive relief maintaining the confidentiality of a plaintiff using a pseudonym. An identifiable individual may not bring an action for relief under this section relating to— a disclosure made in good faith— in the reporting or investigation of—