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Obviously, clerk shouldn't be able to access such data on a whim at all. Same as random "genius" in Apple Store can't access the customer iCloud data.

The standard corporate policy would be that pharmacists aren't authorized to release records. To do otherwise would risk their jobs and whatever other action follows an unauthorized release of records.

With this policy across chains, judges would be skeptical of a cop who tried to bully a local records release. Even a rogue cop could understand this reality.

Right, so we want to put brigands in prison regardless whether they are at times authorized to use the coercive force of the state.