Somewhere along the line we got the idea that nothing negative must happen to us, and if it is, it's the worst thing ever. We're not that fragile. It's not a nice experience, but neither is it life-destroying.
Now lets imagine that the agency I worked for was sold/aquired at some point and eventually resulted in a mailout being performed on the database.
You can imagine the result if the comment field was accidentally included in the mail-merge, or some substring of it;
"Dear Great candidate, gap in work history due to marriage. Now divorced and wanting to get back get back into the industry, have you considered funeral insurance?"
Pattio11's point is quite valid.
Edit: Sorry, hit the wrong 'reply' button. This post was meant for the parent