In accordance with the principle of proportionality, it is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objective of ensuring an equivalent level of protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free flow of personal data throughout the Union to lay down rules on processing of personal data in Union institutions and bodies.
I gcomhréir le prionsabal na comhréireachta, is gá agus is iomchuí, i ndáil leis an mbunchuspóir a thabhairt i gcrích arb é leibhéal coibhéiseach cosanta daoine nádúrtha i ndáil le próiseáíl sonraí pearsanta agus saorghluaiseachta sonraí pearsanta ar fud an Aontais a áirithiú, rialacha a leagan síos maidir le sonraí pearsanta a phróiseáil in institiúidí agus i gcomhlachtaí an Aontais.