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617.261.7

Statute ID: 16304

Statute Function ID: 34453

Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images - Definitions

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Statute Number:

617.261.7

Enactment Date:

May 19, 2016

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2016

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images - Definitions

Statute ID:

16304

Created:

Jul 15, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 15, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New 2016 c 126 s 9; Definitions

Summary Text:

Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images - Definitions

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/617/261.html

Legislative Session:

2016 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 15, 2016

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. 
 
(b) "Dissemination" means distribution to one or more persons, other than the person depicted in the image, or publication by any publicly available medium.

(c) "Harass" means an act that would cause a substantial adverse effect on the safety, security, or privacy of a reasonable person.

(d) "Image" means a photograph, film, video recording, or digital photograph or recording.

(e) "Intimate parts" means the genitals, pubic area, or anus of an individual, or if the individual is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple.

(f) "Personal information" means any identifier that permits communication or in-person contact with a person, including:

(1) a person's first and last name, first initial and last name, first name and last initial, or nickname;

(2) a person's home, school, or work address;

(3) a person's telephone number, e-mail address, or social media account information; or

(4) a person's geolocation data.

(g) "Sexual act" means either sexual contact or sexual penetration.

(h) "Sexual contact" means the intentional touching of intimate parts or intentional touching with seminal fluid or sperm onto another person's body.

(i) "Sexual penetration" means any of the following acts:

(1) sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anal intercourse; or

(2) any intrusion, however slight, into the genital or anal openings of an individual by another's body part or an object used by another for this purpose.

(j) "Social media" means any electronic medium, including an interactive computer service, telephone network, or data network, that allows users to create, share, and view user-generated content.