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.
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.
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.