> "I was able to ask my PhD college, and several other institutions, to see all emails in which my name appeared ..." How are different people with the same na

> "I was able to ask my PhD college, and several other institutions, to see all emails in which my name appeared ..." How are different people with the same name distinguished in these cases? Name might be (almost) unambiguous for some people, but lots of us have many, many namesakes. Is the institution required to reliably tell apart which of the messages were meaning the person making the information request, and which were talking about someone else? What are the penalties for leaking emails that were discussing someone else who has the same name?