by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Safety
There is a lot of talk throughout the dating industry about identity verification and background checks. We’ve heard a lot about how important safety is to online daters, as well as the minutia concerning data retrieval issues and the adjudication process. As a...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
Declan McCullagh, who covers poli-tech, writes about True.com on News.com. Hightlights: A California bill introduced last week covers any Web site offering “compatibility” or “social referral services”–a sweeping definition that...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
Choicepoint is now saying that up to 145,000 records may have been compromised. It took several months for Choicepoint to publicly report that they were tricked by nefarious characters who set up 50 companies get access to Choicepoint out of data, what else is going...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Legal
From Reuters: Alpharetta, Georgia-based ChoicePoint maintains personal profiles of nearly every U.S. consumer, which it sells to employers, landlords, marketing companies and about 35 U.S. government agencies. Choicepoint also provides the data for several identity...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
No, I do not make this stuff up. From BoingBoing: Two Jordanians had a torrid online romance and, after several months, decided to get married. When they met F2F for the first time, they were shocked to discover that they were already husband and wife. The rekindled...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
An article in the Southern Illinoisan about a company called Trustadate.com caught my eye. Jeremy Maloney and Brian Chapman are co-owners of My Background Instantly, a business designed specifically for pre-employment background checks for businesses. The article...