The Article 29 Working Party (Art. 29 WP), in full the Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data, was an independent

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advisory body on

data protection Data protection may refer to: * Information privacy, also known as data privacy * Data security {{Authority control ...

and

privacy Privacy (, ) is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...

. It was made up of a representative from the data protection authority of each

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, the

European Data Protection Supervisor The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is an independent supervisory authority whose primary objective is to monitor and ensure that European institutions and bodies respect the right to privacy and data protection when they process p ...

and the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

. The composition and purpose of Art. 29 WP was set out in Article 29 of the

Data Protection Directive The Data Protection Directive, officially Directive 95/46/EC, enacted in October 1995, was a European Union directive which regulated the processing of personal data within the European Union (EU) and the free movement of such data. The Data ...

(Directive 95/46/EC), and it was launched in 1996. It was replaced by the

European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is a European Union independent body with juridical personality whose purpose is to ensure consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to promote cooperation among the EU� ...

(EDPB) on 25 May 2018 in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Its main stated missions were to: * provide expert advice to the States regarding data protection; * promote the consistent application of the Data Protection Directive in all EU state members, as well as

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and

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; * give to the Commission an opinion on community laws ( first pillar) affecting the right to protection of personal data; and * make recommendations to the public on matters relating to the protection of persons with regard to the processing of personal data and privacy in the European Community. The Working Party elected a chairman and two vice-chairmen, each with a two-year term of office. Their term of office was renewable only once. The Working Party's secretariat was provided by the

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Art.29 Data Protection Working Party
{{Authority control Data protection authorities European Union law 1996 establishments in Europe

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