I will then set out the modern formulation of the rule, and try to answer some of
your specific hypothetical questions.
Not exact matches
I'm typically not too happy with what - if
questions, but this
specific hypothetical seems very well framed to be objectively answerable
It's usually either a
hypothetical question or real one with the
specific details.
Questions asking for legal advice in
specific cases are off - topic here, however, so you may want to reword the
question in
hypothetical terms.
«Obviously» is more a judgment call, but comes down to the
question of whether there is a path between the datum and the
specific person which a person of average intelligence can see, versus (non-obviously) a
hypothetical scenario whereby one might be able to connect a datum to a
specific person.