Representation

Through the Digital Dignity Legal Clinic, individual lawyers authorized to practice in your province or territory can provide you with direct legal representation. We act for victim-survivors of non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse only.

Depending on the facts of your case and your individual circumstances, we can represent you and help you pursue the following remedies:

• A report to police about the person who shared—or threatened to share—the intimate images of you. This may lead to:

  • criminal charges;

  • prosecution;

  • a conviction; and/or

  • an order under the Criminal Code that the person who shared intimate images of you refrain from using the Internet.

• A civil lawsuit against the person who shared—or threatened to share—the intimate images of you. This may lead to:

  • an apology;

  • a negotiated settlement where the person pays a sum of money and deletes the intimate images of you from specific websites or internet platforms, or from their personal possession;

  • a court order requiring the person to delete the intimate images of you from specific websites or internet platforms, or from their personal possession;

  • a court order prohibiting the person from ever sharing—or threatening to share—the intimate images of you; and/or

  • a court order requiring that the person pay you money, called “damages,” for sharing—or threatening to share—the intimate images of you.

• A protection order directed at specific websites or internet platforms that requires them to delete the intimate images of you.

If you are interested in working with a lawyer from the Digital Dignity Legal Clinic, please complete the intake form below to tell us about yourself and your situation. Until we formally agree to represent you, though, we are not your lawyers.