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Tinder Will Allow Users To Do Criminal Background Checks On Potential Dates

Tinder Will Allow Users To Do Criminal Background Checks On Potential Dates

You'll soon be able to get information about 'arrests, convictions, restraining orders, harassment, and other violent crimes'.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

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Tinder will soon become the first dating app to allow users to do a criminal background check on a potential date.

It's a part of a safety feature that will ensure people know exactly who they are talking to and what is in their past.

Tinders' parent company, Match, who also own PlentyOfFish, OkCupid and Hinge, says the feature will be introduced in the US and will go to its other dating apps later this year.

Match has partnered with background checking platform Garbo to give users access to public records information.

Garbo collects 'public records and reports of violence or abuse, including arrests, convictions, restraining orders, harassment, and other violent crimes'.

The site is also able to accept manual submissions of 'police report(s), order(s) of protection / restraining orders, and other legal documents that report abuse, harassment, or other crimes'.

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They're able to compile all this information based off a first name and a phone number or a full name.

One thing that definitely won't be displayed on the background check will be charges, fines or notices of drug possession.

Garbo claims the research at the moment suggests 'there is no link between drug possession and gender-based violence'.

In a blog post, the company added: "Additionally, we will not include traffic tickets besides DUIs and vehicle manslaughter (or any variants). Many studies have shown that race frequently affects a police officer's decision to stop and ticket a motorist."

Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a free lunch and the background checks won't be free. Match and Garbo are in discussions about how to work the pricing into their business plan and it's not clear whether it will be added to the subscription fee for Tinder.

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