Law360, New York ( August 25, 2015, 4:57 PM EDT) -- On June 17, 2015, Texas joined 25 other states that have enacted so-called "Revenge Porn" laws when Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1135, the Relationship Privacy Act (the "RPA").[1] This new statute becomes effective Sept. 1, 2015. "Revenge Porn" refers to the practice of posting sexually explicit pictures of other persons on the Internet without their consent. Generally speaking, revenge porn occurs when someone obtains intimate pictures or videos of a person during the course of a personal relationship, and then posts the pictures online (or gives the pictures to another, who posts them) after the relationship ends.[2] The pictures are often posted to revenge porn websites, which are publicly accessible through Internet searches. In some instances, the poster, or a subsequent online commenter, might reveal the victim's identity and other personal information, including their contact information and social media pages....