In late 2014, Elisa D'Amico and David Bateman, partners at the legislation company K&L Gates, launched the Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project (CCRLP), a challenge offering free lawful help to victims of revenge porn. In 2014, with the passage of the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, Canada criminalized the "non-consensual distribution of intimate images" that ended up produced less than a "fair expectation of privateness".