ONLINE
DATING NEWS #011
MORE GROUPS OPPOSE ONLINE DATING BACKGROUND CHECKS
(April 27, 2005 - onlinedatingnewsletter.com)
The opposition to forcing online dating services to
do background checks is growing. This time, several
high profile technology firms and groups have come
out to oppose legislative efforts to create laws governing
online dating services. Online dating service True
started courting lawmakers to create laws forcing online
dating services to do background checks or prominently
post that they don't do such checks. This came after
True signed an exclusive agreement with the Web's largest
background check service, thus locking other dating
services out from being able to use the same service.
"As some the country's most popular Internet and
technology companies, we are incredibly committed to keeping
our users safe, and that extends to online dating services," said
Markham Erickson, a spokesman for the NetCoalition in regards
to Florida legislative efforts. "But if only 15 of
67 Florida counties provide felony information, and recent
news reports indicate that national criminal databases
similar to the one required by this legislation can have
a roughly 40 percent error rate, all this bill will do
is mislead and misinform Florida consumers."
Over 30 companies, including Yahoo! and Google, signed
a letter opposing the regulation. You can read the letter
by clicking
here.
