A service that allows you to check the identity of the other party will be introduced in the matching app 'Tinder' etc.



Tinder and other Match Group- affiliated apps will launch a service that will allow you to perform background checks on users. It is reported that this service will allow you to look up arrest history, criminal history, etc. from your name and phone number and examine who you are dating.

Match Group --Match Group Partners With Garbo To Make Groundbreaking Background Check Technology Accessible To Users, Starting With Tinder
https://ir.mtch.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2021/Match-Group-Partners-With-Garbo-To-Make-Groundbreaking-Background-Check-Technology- Scalable-To-Users-Starting-With-Tinder / default.aspx

Tinder will soon let you run a background check on a potential date through Garbo --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22327854/match-group-garbo-tinder-background-check-update

Tinder will allow users to run background check on dates
https://nypost.com/2021/03/15/tinder-will-allow-users-to-run-background-check-on-dates/

Tinder will allow users to run background check on dates
Tinder to offer background checks on would-be dates --Axios
https://www.axios.com/tinder-background-checks-dates-1cbaf030-b479-4d3a-b691-3fe10c851823.html

Match Group, a major matching service company, announced on March 15, 2021 that it will partner with Garbo, a non-profit organization that collects public records regarding arrest history, etc., and Match Garbo's background check platform. We have announced a plan to introduce it to the services under the Group. In addition to Tinder, Match Group operates a number of love and marriage matching sites such as Match.com and Meetic , and Tinder is expected to launch a background check service in the second half of 2021.



Garbo's background check platform hasn't been released to the public yet, so the details and accuracy of the background check service are unknown at the time of writing. Match Group describes Garbo's activities as 'collecting public records or reports of violence and abuse, including arrests, convictions, ban orders, harassment, and other violent crimes,' which is available to many users. He said that a background check service will be available at a low price.

Garbo collects a wide range of public records of violence and criminal activity, but does not plan to publish records of drug possession. Garbo explained why 'blacks are unreasonably more likely to be arrested for drugs than whites' and 'drug-related crimes are'less relevant to gender-based violence'.' '. Garbo has also kept data on traffic violations private, as well as drug crimes.

Garbo's founder, CEO, and survivor of violence, said Catherine Cosmides, said in announcing the partnership, 'to reach people who have historically been underserved. It's the cornerstone of Garbo's mission. Partnerships with the Match Group will help us connect with the matching services community. '

Match Group has announced that it will partner with Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) , a support group for victims of sex crimes, in 2020. In addition, we have appointed Tracy Breeden, a former police officer who has also served as a safety manager for Uber, as a safety officer, and are focusing on preventing sexual violence and strengthening safety measures in the company's services. Is known to be.

The New York Post, an overseas media outlet that featured this announcement, said, 'In the past, dating apps were sometimes used by vicious criminals to masquerade as dating partners and lure victims. For example, in 2018. Has been charged with murdering a 24-year-old woman he met on Tinder, who lives in Nebraska. '

'The background check service can overturn the anonymity people demand from dating apps, and Tinder has always placed great importance on handling personal information such as names and backgrounds,' said The Verge. The Match Group will not share user data with Garbo, but Tinder users will be able to identify their dating partners by their surnames and phone numbers in the future. '

The background check service, which will be conducted in partnership with Garbo, will start in Tinder, USA in the latter half of 2021. At the time of writing the article, there are no plans to introduce it to Tinder in Japan.

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