“It’s like when a wife accuses her husband of having an affair and he denies the affair but refuses to let her see his phone and/or credit card statement.”
It’s when one spouse illegally accesses that information without the other spouses consent that it becomes a criminal act.
Same rules apply for the standards set by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Nefarious and acrimonious human conduct drives privacy law. I applaud these protections. People (spouses are people too) can be ruthless.
I was just speaking loosely of the comparison.
As people in Congress are saying, if the DOD doesn't have any UFO files, why are they killing legislation that asks for them to be shared with Congress (even in classified hearings if necessary)?
You can't be required to share what you don't have.