Contributed by: Editor on Wednesday, May 30 2012 @ 09:30 am
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The Illinois Internet Dating Safety Act (Bill SB2545) passed in the Senate yesterday and now heads to the Governor's office. The bill requires online dating sites to either conduct criminal background checks on all members or post warnings on their websites that they do not.
Similar legislation has been in the works in the past and all has failed. Recently states have made it easier to search sex-offender registries online there by making it more accessible for dating sites to retrieve this information and conduct checks. The problem opponents have with the bill is that users do not know how extensive the background check is which could create a false sense of security. Illinois will also probably have a problem policing services that are not located in Illinois.
The problem I have with background checks is most dating sites do not collect enough information about the person to do an effect check. Most just require your name, the city you live in and your personal interests. if someone doesn't want to use his real information, it is pretty easy for them to find this information and just pretend they are someone else.
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