Tasks of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party The Working Party was set up to achieve several primary objectives: · To provide expert opinion from member state level to the Commission on questions of data protection. · To promote the uniform application of the general principles of the Directives in all Member States through co-operation between data protection supervisory authorities. · To advise the Commission on any Community measures affecting the rights and freedoms of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and privacy. For more see http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/tasks-art-29_en.pdf