Background Checks

NY TIMES - Dec 18 - New York and New Jersey have begun regulating Internet dating sites. A law that takes effect this month in New York State, the Internet Dating Safety Act, requires sites to post common-sense safety tips, like “meet in a public place." In New Jersey, dating sites with a membership fee have to inform users whether they do criminal background checks. Whether it is possible to effectively screen people and make sites more truthful is unclear. "Background checks might lead daters to think everyone they encounter on the sites is safe", said Mandy Ginsberg, GM of Match.com. “What we want to do is provide some degree of safety,” said Robert Buchholz, founder of MyMatchChecker.com, a site that enables people to request background checks on anyone they have met on a dating site. The basic background search costs $9.95. Mobile phone apps, such as ValiMate, aim to make background checks as quick and easy as ordering a pizza. FULL ARTICLE @ NY TIMES

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[Johnson Paul]

And how do NY & NJ propose to enforce these new laws?

e.g. The dating site is registered in Russia, operates out of Ireland, with a bank in the Caymans. An aggrieved NJ resident is going to complain to the authorities, who are going to do exactly what?