CY EU member state
Cookie consent rules in Cyprus
What Law 112(I)/2004, art. 99(5) and the Commissioner expect from your cookie banner: when you need consent, how the reject option should look, and what has been enforced.
Sources checked 28 October 2026. Not legal advice.
Cookie law
Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004 (Law 112(I)/2004), Article 99(5)
Official guidance
No dedicated cookie guidance found — the regulator applies the GDPR consent standard and EDPB guidelines.
Banner languages
Greek, Turkish
What the rules say
- Specific, express consent is required before non-exempt cookies are set.
- Consent must be freely given and can be withdrawn.
- Simply telling visitors that cookies are used is not consent.
- Transmission and storage strictly necessary for a requested service are exempt.
Enforcement examples
2023
The Commissioner audited 30 mostly news and public-information websites, finding invalid consent and cookies wrongly labelled as strictly necessary.
Source
How PrivacyPill handles this
- Nothing optional runs before a choice. Google tags start with Consent Mode v2 set to denied; other scripts marked with data-pp-category wait until their category is allowed.
- Equal first-layer buttons. "Accept all" and "Reject non-essential" sit side by side with the same weight, and a settings button lets visitors withdraw consent at any time.
- Consent per purpose. Analytics, marketing and functional cookies can be allowed separately in the preferences panel.
- Languages. Greek, Turkish aren't built in yet — rewrite the English texts in the customizer to show your own translation.
- Proof of consent. Every choice is logged pseudonymously with the banner version, exportable as CSV.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- www.lawspot.gr/nomika-nea/cookies-anakoinosi-shetika-me-ti-hrisi-toys-apo-istoselides-exedose-i-epitropos/
- www.dataguidance.com/news/cyprus-commissioner-issues-notice-results-cookie-audit
This page summarises official sources checked on 28 October 2026. It isn't legal advice; regulators update guidance, so follow the links for the current text.