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I don’t really see what privacy has to do with it. Really. Privacy, to me, isn’t something that is timed. Either it’s ok to state something publicly or not, time shouldn’t matter in my opinion.

Privacy is only very tangentially linked to what you say, this is also related to what you did, or even what happened to you in a passive way.

Let's say that 20 years ago your family was murdered under your eyes by an axe-wielding maniac when you were 4 years old. Now as a potential employer, I type your name on Google and the first result is an article from 20 years ago. Maybe I am prejudiced but I wonder if you would be a pretty stable employee, and as a result, I bin your CV.

This has nothing to do with being able to "state" something but this is really a privacy issue.

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