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Re:FBI and Secret Service Files: Aaron Swartz by duaneb on Saturday September 20, 2014 @12:06PM (#8344809)
Effective immediately, the FOIA provides no protection at all to deceased individuals. However, HIPAA is precisely the opposite in that the records are immediately sealed and the right to open it passes with the rest of the estate. I should note, I am not a lawyer and you should not take this as legal advice.
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Re:FBI and Secret Service Files: Aaron Swartz by jacquesm on Saturday September 20, 2014 @04:29PM (#8345511)
> I should note, I am not a lawyer

That's the default setting unless you modify it.

> you should not take this as legal advice.

So is it true or not?

It's not advice of any form, it's either a fact or it is not.

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Re:FBI and Secret Service Files: Aaron Swartz by Hytosys on Saturday September 20, 2014 @07:09PM (#8345832)
It seems like your interest is pedantic combat, not the law, but here is some information anyway.

FOIA: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp

HIPAA: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/rpt/2013-R-0124.htm

It seems HIPAA enacts a 50-year period of silence.

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