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740 ILCS 190/10 (2026)

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(740 ILCS 190/10)
    Sec. 10. Civil action.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 15, if a depicted individual is identifiable to a reasonable person and suffers harm from the intentional dissemination or threatened dissemination by a person over the age of 18 of a private or intentionally digitally altered sexual image without the depicted individual's consent, the depicted individual has a cause of action against the person if the person knew or recklessly disregarded the possibility that:
        (1) the depicted individual did not consent to the
    
dissemination;
        (2) the image was a private or intentionally
    
digitally altered sexual image; and
        (3) the depicted individual was identifiable.
    (b) The following conduct by a depicted individual does not establish by itself that the individual consented to the nonconsensual dissemination of a private sexual image that is the subject of an action under this Act or that the individual lacked a reasonable expectation of privacy:
        (1) consent to creation of the image; or
        (2) previous consensual disclosure of the image.
    (c) In the case of digitally altered sexual images, disclosing that the images were digitally altered shall not be a defense to liability.
(Source: P.A. 103-294, eff. 1-1-24.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2022–2024 · leading case: People v. Devine, 2023 IL 128438 (Ill. 2023).
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People v. Devine, 2023 IL 128438 (Ill. 2023). · cites it 3× “” 740 ILCS 190/10(a), (b) (West 2020). The statute provides in its definition section that “ ‘Dissemination’ or ‘disseminate’ means publication or distribution to another person with intent to disclose.”
People v. Devine, 2022 IL App (2d) 210162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 740 ILCS 190/10(a), (b) (West 2020). - 10 - 2022 IL App (2d) 210162 Unlike section 11-23.”
Doe v. Fritch, 2024 IL App (4th) 230585-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “740 ILCS 190/10 (West 2020). Specifically, section 10(a) of the Civil Remedies - 11 - Act states as follows: “[I]f a depicted individual is identifiable to a reasonable person and suffers harm from the intentional dissemination *** by a person over the age of 18 of a private ***…”
Doe v. Fritch, 2024 IL App (4th) 230585 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “740 ILCS 190/10 (West 2020). Specifically, section 10(a) of the Civil Remedies - 11 - Act states as follows: “[I]f a depicted individual is identifiable to a reasonable person and suffers harm from the intentional dissemination *** by a person over the age of 18 of a private ***…”
— 740 ILCS 190/10(a) — 2 cases
People v. Devine, 2023 IL 128438 (Ill. 2023). “” 740 ILCS 190/10(a), (b) (West 2020). The statute provides in its definition section that “ ‘Dissemination’ or ‘disseminate’ means publication or distribution to another person with intent to disclose.”
People v. Devine, 2022 IL App (2d) 210162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “” 740 ILCS 190/10(a), (b) (West 2020). - 10 - 2022 IL App (2d) 210162 Unlike section 11-23.”
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