True research supports background checks

Actually the study was only sponsored by us to investigate the question of whether there was a perceived need in the public for this movement. We did not load any questions — as we did not design the questions. In fact, there have been other surveys via newspapers and other research firms independent from TRUE.com that validate the original findings.

Thus, contrary to most blogs, unsubstantiated claims by competitors and newspaper reports I see, the fact is that the public sees online safety as a major concern (if not the major concern) and that over all they would support disclosure laws as put forth by TRUE.

What makes it worse is that there exists right now a definite false sense of security in the industry. A recent study revealed that many online daters assume companies like Match and eHarmony already conduct background checks. Of course, such companies do not conduct them — as they state either there is no problem that needs addressing or that this solution is not the best method for handling it. It is curious how the argument against the proposed disclosure law keeps changing.

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