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5(1)A service provider is not capable of being guilty of an offence under section 33 in respect of anything done in the course of providing so much of an information society service as consists in the storage of information provided by a recipient of the service if sub-paragraph (2) or (3) is satisfied.E+W
(2)This sub-paragraph is satisfied if the service provider had no actual knowledge when the information was provided—
(a)that it consisted of or included a private sexual photograph or film,
(b)that it was provided without the consent of an individual who appears in the photograph or film, or
(c)that the photograph or film was provided with the intention of causing distress to that individual.
(3)This sub-paragraph is satisfied if, on obtaining such knowledge, the service provider expeditiously removed the information or disabled access to it.
(4)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or control of the service provider.
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