You can ask for it, but if you signed a doc crafted by their legal team that it is proprietary info, then they are not obligated to give it to you. The only time that could be overrides is if you file an EEO complaint to where it goes to court and your attorney subpoenas the information during the discovery phase of the trial to use as evidence. I guess the question to ask yourself is why do you need it. If because you are applying to another position within the same company, sure it would be helpful to find, but unless you work for govt and switching from one agency to the next and depending on the agency they may or may not ask for your performance appraisal. So if it is none of the above, where its not needed to submit for a new job, then probably not worth the effort to go through HR to retrieve. Remember you still would want your manager to at a minimum be neutral or positive when giving a reference for your next job.
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