[piokoch]

Partly the problem is "the system" people created for themselves. At some point people started suing employers because of some really contrived reasons so employers became very, very careful.

If there is a big company that hires a lot of people and this is managed by many HR stuff, it is much cheaper and safer not to give any response than go through every rejection response to double check if something seemingly innocent cannot be interpreted as "discriminatory practice", rightly or not.