You have strange friends. I hope this person is not your friend anymore.my friend stole private pictures
How did this friend get access to your boyfriend's phone and the private pictures on it?Utah- my friend stole private pictures from my boyfriends phone and can potentially harm work hirings personal business and so on is there any type of legal action we can take for her doing this without our consent?
Your friend exceeded the consent that was granted her when she accessed your boyfriend's photo gallery, and it is possible she violated privacy rights by publishing the photos on Facebook. And, yes, sending photos to one person or to many people is considered publishing.She had asked him to use his phone to call her mom two times during work because her mom wouldn't pick up when she'd call from her phone. And during this time when she walked away out of sight with the phone, she got into his gallery and took the photos. And we are in a group chat on Facebook and she did send them to everyone in the group so people have veiwed them other than just her. Would this count as mailing/ publishing them? I would also like to add I am 17, she's 17 and my boyfriend is 18.
Utah recognizes four privacy torts (as do most states). I am providing a link to a case, Stien v. Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., et al., from the Utah Court of Appeals, strictly for its good discussion of these torts.These photos are nudes to clarify this.
And could I get more clarification about the nature of photos and how this could lead to a privacy suite.
Here is a link to sexting laws in Utah (as of 2011): http://mobilemediaguard.com/states/sexting_laws_utah.htmlSlow down folks...there is no actual "proof" that anyone but the 18 year old BF (the one with child porn on his phone) sent the pics.
Actually, the point I was trying to make is there is no way to prove that the pics were sent by the friend-who-borrowed-the-phone. The pics were sent from the 18 year old's phone...Here is a link to sexting laws in Utah (as of 2011): http://mobilemediaguard.com/states/sexting_laws_utah.html
Here is another link: http://www.netsafeutah.org/educators/stayingsafe/sexting.html
It appears that the only distribution of the nude photos was by the friend, who illegally accessed the photos.
I agree with Zigner that we do not know if the photos are of the 18 year old or of Lizzy. If the boyfriend did nothing but take photos of himself, he committed no crime. If the 17 year old girl sent nude photos of herself to him, he has a potential defense available but the girl could be charged.
A consultation with a Utah attorney seems smart, before trying to take any legal action against the 17-year-old friend.
Oh. I did in fact fail to get your point, which on a re-read seems a rather clear point.Actually, the point I was trying to make is there is no way to prove that the pics were sent by the friend-who-borrowed-the-phone. The pics were sent from the 18 year old's phone...
Well he didn't send them to my friend she took his phone and took pictures of the pictures with her own phone if that makes sense and at the time he was 17 and I was also 17 when I sent him the pictures.Actually, the point I was trying to make is there is no way to prove that the pics were sent by the friend-who-borrowed-the-phone. The pics were sent from the 18 year old's phone...