(a) Reporting any of the information required by SCC 2.50.060, if public disclosure would violate any legally recognizable confidential relationship; PROVIDED, That the information in question does not relate to a business entity which would be subject to the regulatory authority of the office sought or held by such appointed official in whole or in part, and; PROVIDED, FURTHER, That such reporting would present actual difficulties to the appointed official and the interest in question would present no actual or potential conflict with the performance of the duties of the office sought or held, in the public interest; and

(b) Reporting any other matter under SCC 2.50.060 which would constitute an unreasonable hardship in a given case, when the matter reported would not indicate any actual or potential conflict with the proper performance of the duties of the office sought or held in the public interest.