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Under the bill proposed by assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, Internet dating
sites should inform of members from New York of dating safety precautions
and if they conduct criminal background checks.
"Our privacy precautions and safety guidelines are preferable to background
checks, which are unreliable, unregulated and often incomplete," a spokesman
for Lavalife, an Internet dating site, said in a statement to the New York
Sun. "For those reasons, we oppose legislation proposed in certain U.S.
states endorsing background checks."
New Jersey, California, Illinois, Kentucky and Virginia have considered
similar legislation protecting consumers from Internet predators that
frequent online dating sites.
Government regulation of Internet dating services began in March 2007, when
a federal court in Georgia dismissed a lawsuit from the dating site European
Connections challenging the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act
(IMBRA). The law requires internationally oriented dating services to carry
out safety procedures including checking if American members are sex
offenders.
Source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009369429
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