However, the effective and efficient functioning of data processing, and the development of the data economy in the Union, are hampered, in particular, by two types of obstacles to data mobility and to the internal market: data localisation requirements put in place by Member States' authorities and vendor lock-in practices in the private sector.
Mar sin féin, bíonn bac ar fheidhmiú éifeachtach éifeachtúil na próiseála sonraí agus ar fhorbairt an gheilleagair sonraí san Aontas i ngeall ar dhá chineál constaice a bhíonn roimh shoghluaisteacht sonraí agus roimh an margadh inmheánach: ceanglais logánaithe sonraí a chuireann údaráis na mBallstát i bhfeidhm agus cleachtais ghaibhnithe díoltóirí san earnáil phríobháideach.