Cyprus

Status

Two drafts of the implementing legislation and draft regulations have been published.

Name of Competent Authority/Data Coordinator

Radio, Television and Digital Services Authority.

What is the maximum penalty?

The maximum penalty that may be imposed for a failure to comply with an obligation laid down in the EU Regulation and the law, shall be 6 % of the annual worldwide turnover of the provider of intermediary services concerned in the preceding financial year.

The maximum penalty that may be imposed for the supply of incorrect, incomplete or misleading information, failure to reply or rectify incorrect, incomplete or misleading information and failure to submit to an inspection shall be 1 % of the annual income or worldwide turnover of the provider of intermediary services or person concerned in the preceding financial year.

Failure to comply with an obligation laid down in the EU Regulation is also criminal offence and in case of a conviction from a Court the maximum of the penalty is €10,000.

The maximum amount of a periodic penalty payment shall be 5 % of the average daily worldwide turnover or income of the provider of intermediary services concerned in the preceding financial year per day, calculated from the date specified in the decision concerned.

Have any deviating/additional rules or laws been adopted that utilize the room for policy within the Data Act?

N/A