2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title N - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SENSIBILITIES AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Article 250 - (250.00 - 250.65) OFFENSES AGAINST THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
250.40 - Unlawful surveillance; definitions.

§ 250.40 Unlawful surveillance; definitions.
    The  following  definitions  shall  apply  to sections 250.45, 250.50,
  250.55 and 250.60 of this article:
    1. "Place and time when a  person  has  a  reasonable  expectation  of
  privacy"  means  a place and time when a reasonable person would believe
  that he or she could fully disrobe in privacy.
    2. "Imaging  device"  means  any  mechanical,  digital  or  electronic
  viewing  device,  camera, cellular phone or any other instrument capable
  of recording, storing or transmitting visual images that can be utilized
  to observe a person.
    3. "Sexual or other intimate parts" means the  human  male  or  female
  genitals,  pubic area or buttocks, or the female breast below the top of
  the nipple, and shall include such part or parts which are covered  only
  by an undergarment.
    4.  "Broadcast"  means electronically transmitting a visual image with
  the intent that it be viewed by a person.
    5. "Disseminate" means to give, provide, lend,  deliver,  mail,  send,
  forward,  transfer  or  transmit, electronically or otherwise to another
  person.
    6. "Publish" means to (a) disseminate, as defined in subdivision  five
  of  this  section,  with  the  intent  that  such  image  or  images  be
  disseminated to ten or more persons; or (b) disseminate with the  intent
  that  such  images  be  sold  by  another  person; or (c) post, present,
  display, exhibit, circulate, advertise or allows access,  electronically
  or  otherwise, so as to make an image or images available to the public;
  or (d) disseminate with the intent that an image or  images  be  posted,
  presented,   displayed,   exhibited,   circulated,  advertised  or  made
  accessible, electronically or otherwise and to make such image or images
  available to the public.
    7. "Sell" means to  disseminate  to  another  person,  as  defined  in
  subdivision  five  of  this  section,  or  to  publish,  as  defined  in
  subdivision six of this section, in exchange for something of value.

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