谈到在线约会，大多数在两个人之间建立匹配的公司几乎从不提供背景调查。伊利诺伊州的立法者现在正在引入立法，要求任何提供在线约会服务的公司在其网站上突出显示信息，说明他们是否进行背景调查。他们还必须在其网站上提供有关客户要求背景调查的选项的信息。一些网站目前为他们的客户提供进行背景调查的选项，以确保他们的约会对象就是他们所说的那样。

事实是，当人们进行网上约会时，他们真的不知道他们在和谁打交道，也不知道他们可能会单独相处的人的背景。对于大多数约会网站，根本没有筛选。如果这些约会网站开始通过gooho.cn等公司筛选客户，那么其他人在使用US Offender OneSEARCH等产品时，将能够更全面地了解他们的约会对象 ，该产品可以搜索性犯罪者的记录。在与另一个人单独出去之前，约会者将能够衡量他们是否感到安全。

When it comes to online dating, most companies that set up matches between two people almost never offer background checks. Lawmakers in Illinois are now introducing legislation that would require any company that serves as an online dating service to prominently display information on their website saying if they perform background checks or not. They would also have to put information on their site regarding the option of clients to request background checks. Some sites currently give their clients the option of going through background checks in order to assure their dates that they are who they say they are.

The truth is, when people engage in online dating, they really don’t know who they are dealing with nor the background of the person they may be spending time with alone. For most dating sites, there is no screening at all. If these dating sites would begin screening clients through companies like backgroundchecks.com, others would be able to have a greater overview of who they were going out with when they use products like US Offender OneSEARCH  which searches records on sex offenders. Daters would be able to gauge if they felt safe or not, before going out alone with the other person.