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Intellectual Property and Related Rights Law, Articles 49-50 (Non-Consensual Deepfake Imitation Ban)

L. 29(I)/2026, art. 4, inserting articles 49 and 50 into the Intellectual Property Rights and Related Rights Law (L. 59/1976, as amended)

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In force.

An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What it requires

  • Do not make available to the public an AI-generated deepfake imitation of a performer's performance without that performer's explicit consent.
  • Do not make available to the public an AI-generated deepfake imitation of a natural person's physical likeness, voice, or biometric data without that person's explicit consent.
  • An exception applies for satire, parody, caricature, or political and social commentary, unless the imitation constitutes disinformation posing a serious risk to the rights or essential interests of the affected person or others.

What it makes you log

Logging duty

New articles 49 and 50 create a consent-based prohibition on making a deepfake imitation available to the public; unlike GDPR Article 7(1)'s express demonstrability duty, nothing in either article requires a person to demonstrate, prove, document or produce evidence of consent.

Kind
None
As of
22 September 2026

Who checks it

Audit expectation

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What this law does

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

Law 29(I)/2026 inserted new articles 49 and 50 into Cyprus's Intellectual Property and Related Rights Law, defining a deepfake product by reference to Article 3(60) of the EU AI Act. A deepfake imitation of a performer's performance, or of a natural person's personal physical characteristics including voice and biometric data, may not be made available to the public without that person's explicit consent.

An exception exists for satire, parody, caricature, or political and social commentary, unless the imitation amounts to disinformation posing a serious risk to the rights or essential interests of the affected person or others. The right lasts until 50 years after the death of the performer or the person depicted.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

official text of Law 29(I)/2026, cylaw.org (Cyprus Bar Association consolidated law database)

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