I think getting sued has become commonplace in the US, up to a point that institutions and corporations don't really care. If there is money to be had, that is. These kind of things get tried because they seem to offer some value, and the experiment keeps running until someone sues. In Finland, getting sued can tarnish your reputation quit badly, were you an individual or an institution. Somehow we still care about that.
About this thing in special. Finland has a pretty strict law against privacy violations in job interviews. You ask a wrong question as an interviewer and the whole recruitment process might be at risk. Of course you can ask about hobbies and whatnots, but anything too private may get you a "I don't feel like answering that" as an answer. And then you are in trouble. But that works just fine for us. A job interview is supposed to be about the work, not the applicants past time.
About this thing in special. Finland has a pretty strict law against privacy violations in job interviews. You ask a wrong question as an interviewer and the whole recruitment process might be at risk. Of course you can ask about hobbies and whatnots, but anything too private may get you a "I don't feel like answering that" as an answer. And then you are in trouble. But that works just fine for us. A job interview is supposed to be about the work, not the applicants past time.