Nonsense
This is a fairly specific judgement, which has been mischaracterised by this article. The judgement stated simply that if a website has fields which are REQUIRED to be filled out,(in this case, gender and sexual preference), then that website is gathering information and cannot claim to be protected.
Contrast that with the optional notes people could put on their postings- such as "applicant shouldnt be adverse to sexual encounter with my wife and me". The judge specifically noted these notes were protected, because they were not compelled by the website.
Go fill out a job application in many countries- there is an optional section where you can choose to identify if you are a member of a minority. If you were REQUIRED to state your race, that would be illegal. And the website in question did require people to fill on those fields before their applications would go through. Hence, they were breaking the law. The only effect of this ruling is to guarantee that websites cannot compel information from their users, they must provide a "none of the above" or "no preference" option.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
