Law / United States / Guam
Guam Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act of 2019
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In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not intentionally disclose, or threaten to disclose, a private intimate image of an identifiable person without that person's consent, when you know or recklessly disregard that the image is private, the person did not consent, or the person is identifiable.
- Expect civil liability, not a criminal charge, under this Act: a prevailing plaintiff can recover actual and emotional-distress damages, or statutory damages up to $10,000 per defendant, plus any profit you made from the disclosure, punitive damages, and attorney's fees.
- Note that this Act's intimate-image definition covers a photograph, film, video recording, or similar medium; it does not by its own terms address a wholly AI-generated or synthetic depiction that shows no genuine recording of the person.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Statutory damages
Available only as an alternative to actual and emotional-distress damages, whichever is greater, against each defendant found liable; the underlying cause of action requires the defendant to have known or recklessly disregarded the lack of consent, the image's private character, or the plaintiff's identifiability.
- As of
- 5 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per person reckless
- 10,000
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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A depicted individual who is identifiable and suffers harm from a person's intentional disclosure, or threatened disclosure, of a private intimate image made without the individual's consent has a civil cause of action against that person, if the person knew of, or acted with reckless disregard for, the lack of consent, the image's private character, or the individual's identifiability.
A prevailing plaintiff may recover the greater of actual and emotional-distress damages or statutory damages up to $10,000 per liable defendant, plus any monetary gain the defendant made from the disclosure, punitive damages, and attorney's fees, and may litigate under a pseudonym.
Guam enacted this civil-remedies chapter on February 12, 2020; its intimate-image definition covers a photograph, film, video recording, or similar medium and does not by its own terms address a depiction that is wholly AI-generated or synthetic rather than a genuine recording of the person.
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