Techdirt has written a couple of times about European sensitivities regarding data protection, in particular when it comes to privacy rules requiring local storage of personal data. It turns out that Europe is not alone in its concern that agreements like TAFTA/TTIP and TISA could jeopardize this approach. An article in The Tyee points out that two of Canada‘s provinces — British Columbia and Nova Scotia — have requirements that sensitive personal data must be stored locally, and that they are likely to fall victim to TPP because the US insists the laws are „non-tariff barriers“: