# Cyprus

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Cyprus
- **ISO code**: CY
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Southern Europe

## In brief

Cyprus has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act applies; national AI strategy (2020) and action plan (2024) as policy. Regulators include Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Commissioner for Personal Data Protection.

## Overview

Cyprus applies the EU AI Act and adopted a National AI Strategy in 2020, updated with an AI action plan in 2024 under the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy; the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection is the data-protection authority.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; national AI strategy (2020) and action plan (2024) as policy.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National AI Strategy (2020, action plan 2024).

## Regulators

- Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy — AI strategy lead — https://www.dmrid.gov.cy/
- Commissioner for Personal Data Protection — Data-protection authority — https://www.dataprotection.gov.cy/

## How to use this profile

- Start from the EU AI Act record for obligations; use this page for the national authorities, penalties and strategy.
- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Check national data-protection, employment and consumer law that applies to AI systems regardless of the AI Act.

## Official sources

- National Artificial Intelligence Strategy — Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy — https://www.dmrid.gov.cy/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **National Artificial Intelligence Strategy of the Republic of Cyprus** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/cyprus-national-ai-strategy
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/cyprus-national-ai-strategy.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/cyprus
- **Official source**: https://www.dmrid.gov.cy/
- **Source document**: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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