TPP Trade Deal's Data Provisions Could Put Sensitive Canadian Info At Risk: Critics

CP | By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press

"OTTAWA — Analysts say the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal places sensitive Canadian data such as health records at risk through provisions that open the door wider to cross-border data flows and offshore record storage.

The text of the deal between Canada and 11 other nations, made public Thursday, says countries must allow the business-related cross-border transfer of information — including personal data — by electronic means.

It also effectively bars governments from insisting on the use of local computer servers to store and access personal data — meaning the information could be hosted abroad and possibly more accessible to foreign police and security services."

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/05/trade-deal-s-data-provisions-could-put-sensitive-personal-info-at-risk-critics_n_8482884.html

===============

The devil's in the details, eh?