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A Wildrose MLA’s recent conversation with his 11-year-old daughter sparked new legislation protecting Albertans who have intimate images shared without their consent.

Bill 202 passed through the legislature Monday with unanimous support from all sides of the political divide.

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It gives legal recourse for men, women and youth to claim monetary damages if images of them naked, or engaged in sexual activity, are distributed or published without their OK.

The private member’s bill was introduced by Bonnyville-Cold Lake Wildrose MLA Scott Cyr.

In what he admits was somewhat of an awkward talk with his preteen, Cyr recounted the conversation with his daughter when he explained that once a picture is online, there are few ways to get rid of it.

“She said to me, ‘How is this OK?'” Cyr told the Edmonton Journal.

“I said, ‘There’s not much we can do about it,’ but then I realized that doesn’t seem to be an answer I’m satisfied with.”

Bill 202 began as legislation to standardize how to deal with teenagers sharing images — an issue already addressed by most school divisions, but in different ways across the province.

However, the bill soon expanded to include Albertans of any age who find their intimate photos or videos online or passed around without their consent.