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

- **Jurisdiction:** United Kingdom (GB)
- **Type:** Law · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** yes
- **Issued by:** UK Parliament
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 19 Jun 2025 · **Effective:** 6 Feb 2026
- **Obligations:** Prohibited uses, Penalties
- **Sectors:** Media, Consumer
- **Penalties:** Summary offence: imprisonment up to the maximum term for summary offences and/or a fine.

## Summary
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.

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

## Cite
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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