Exemption 6


 * This article is part of a series on Exemptions

Introduction
Exemption 6 generally applies to records that involve personal privacy. It incorporates a balancing test that weighs any privacy interest against the public interest in disclosure.

Text of Exemption 6
(b) This section does not apply to matters that are—[...]


 * (6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;