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Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, section 138 - Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult

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Inserts sections 66E-66H into the Sexual Offences Act 2003, making it an offence in England and Wales to create, or ask someone to create, a purported (including AI-generated) intimate image of an adult without consent or reasonable belief in consent. Applies to individuals.

Why it matters

Image-generation services and platforms should expect law-enforcement requests and design-level scrutiny around non-consensual intimate content.

What it requires

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Penalties

Summary offence: imprisonment up to the maximum term for summary offences and/or a fine.

Sourcelegislation.gov.uk (SI 2026/31): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/31/made Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026.

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Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, section 138 - Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult. UK Parliament. Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/gb-duaa-2025-s138-purported-intimate-images/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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