The government of a small country has made it mandatory for international banks and insurance firms to obtain the consent of individuals before exchanging their personal data with other branches of the firm in foreign countries. These firms cannot share the personal details of an individual such as income, employment details, and debt repayment histories, even with their branches in other countries, without the approval of the individual. Which barrier to the functioning of service firms is demonstrated?

Transborder data flows are something common in our modern world since information systems (internet) enable data to flow around the world with very little or no control at all. Transborder data flows refers to the transfer of information across different countries (or even states).

This practice faces several legal and moral issues like; Why would someone in Russia or China need to know our ages, what do we buy, who are friends are, when is our birthday, do we have money in the bank, or do we owe a lot of money to the banks, etc.? Do you remember Cambridge Analytica? That is just one out of thousands of foreign companies that know more about ourselves than we do.