Disclo — EU AI Act Article 50 AI Disclosure

From 2 August 2026, EU AI Act Article 50 requires websites that use AI chatbots or AI assistants to clearly inform visitors they are interacting with AI — before the first interaction.

If your WordPress site uses a chatbot, voice agent, or AI-powered tool, your visitors have a legal right to know. Disclo makes this requirement simple.

What this plugin does

Disclo adds a hosted, compliant AI disclosure badge to your site and silently logs every time the disclosure fires on a visitor’s screen. You get a timestamped evidence log — not just a visible notice, but provable proof that it ran.

There is no document to upload. No screenshot to save. Every disclosure event is recorded server-side, automatically, with a timestamp. Export a regulator-ready report in one click from your Disclo dashboard.

From the moment you activate it

1. It shows a compliant Article 50 disclosure notice to visitors — at first interaction, as the law requires.
2. It logs every disclosure event with a server-side timestamp — automatically, with nothing to configure.
3. It gives you a dashboard showing how many times your disclosure was shown this month.
4. It lets you export proof as a PDF or CSV — ready to hand to a regulator if asked.
5. It auto-updates when official EU Commission guidelines change — no plugin update needed.

Why the evidence log matters

Most compliance tools give you a banner. Disclo gives you a record.

If a visitor files a complaint on 3 August 2026, the authority will ask: prove your disclosure was shown. A screenshot proves it existed once. Disclo’s server-side event log proves it ran — every time, for every visitor, with a timestamp. That is the difference between “we had a notice” and “here is the documented evidence.”

Fines for Article 50 violations may reach up to €15 million or 3% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher, under Article 99 of the EU AI Act. Documented good-faith compliance is an important factor in fine calibration.

Features

• One badge, one setting. Paste your Site ID, choose your language, done. No code editing required.
• Hosted and auto-updating. The badge script lives on Disclo’s servers. When official Article 50 guidelines update, your badge updates automatically — no plugin update needed.
• Server-side evidence log. Every time the badge fires on a visitor’s screen, Disclo logs a timestamped disclosure event. Export as PDF or CSV for regulators with one click from your dashboard.
• 6 EU languages. English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and Italian — each rendering the disclosure in the correct legal language for your visitors.
• Privacy-by-design. The badge script does not place cookies, does not track individual users, and does not process personal data. It logs the event that the badge was shown — nothing more.

Is this plugin for me?

If your WordPress site uses any of the following, you may be required to show an AI disclosure under Article 50:

• A live chat plugin with AI features (Tidio, Tawk.to AI, Chaport, Smartsupp, WPBot, or similar)
• Any AI assistant or chatbot that responds to visitors in real time
• WooCommerce AI tools with a conversational interface
• A voice agent or emotion recognition system

Not sure? Use the free Article 50 Validator at disclo.eu to find out in 2 minutes.

What this plugin does NOT do

• It does not include the Compliance Kit templates (first-interaction disclosure text, chat label copy, voice agent script, AI transparency page). Those are available separately at disclo.eu/kit.
• It does not replace legal advice. Disclo is a documentation and tooling product based on official EU guidelines — consult a qualified EU technology lawyer for your specific situation.

Honest about the law

A few things a lot of advice online gets wrong:

• There is no small-business exemption. Article 50 applies to organisations of every size.
• The high-risk rules were deferred, but Article 50 keeps its 2 August 2026 date. The delay you read about applies to high-risk AI systems only.
• Your chatbot provider’s label is probably not enough. Article 50(1) places the disclosure obligation on the deployer — that is you, not your chatbot vendor.

Disclo is a documentation and tooling product, not legal advice. Based on Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and the official EU Commission Article 50 guidelines.

Requires a Disclo account

The badge and evidence log require a Disclo Pro subscription (€19/month or €149/year per site). Get started at disclo.eu.