Performing this check is absolutely stupid! At what point does an adult take responsibility for them-self? There is a public registry which anyone can check, why didn't she do that? Further, once the entire Match.com database is checked and cleared of registered sex offenders, whats to say that one of the cleared accounts doesn't become a sex offender. Match.com is really not smart bending to such request rather than making people responsible for themselves. Then of course, what about murderers and so on?4-18-2011 National:
She wants Match.com to check members' names against public sex offender registries.
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Days after a woman sued dating site Match.com, the president announced they will begin conducting criminal background checks on their users.
In a statement to the Associated Press Sunday, Match.com President Mandy Ginsberg said the company will starting screening both current and future subscribers against the national sex offender registry.
She also said they avoided doing such checks in the past because of the unreliability of the database and that users of the site should not have a false sense of security.
Last Thursday, an unidentified female Hollywood executive and other Match.com members are filed a civil suit against the online dating site.
She claimed she was brutally sexually assaulted by another Match.com member who had been convicted for sexual battery six separate times.
Attorney Mark L. Webb said his client, identified as "Jane Doe," met the suspect last year at Urth Cafe in West Hollywood after finding each other on Match.com.
She agreed to see him for a second date. That's when the suspect allegedly followed her home and raped her.
After the alleged assault, the woman went online and found that the suspect had been convicted of several counts of sexual battery, Webb said.
"This horrific ordeal completely blindsided me because I had considered myself savvy about online dating safety," the woman said in a statement released through Webb last week.
"Things quickly turned into a nightmare, beyond my control."
The suit asks for temporary restraining order requesting no more members be signed up for Match.com until there's a way to screen out sexual predators.
Webb told the Los Angeles Times that his client wants Match.com to check members' names against public sex offender registries.
"It's not a guarantee," he told the Times. "But don't you think something is better than nothing?"
Match.com has called the alleged incident was "horrifying," but said cases like this are extremely rare. ..Source.. KTLA News
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