Tinder customers within the US can now run background checks in-app to display their matches for doable violent or dangerous previous habits, the corporate said in a news release. The checks are through Tinder’s partnership with Garbo, a nonprofit that runs on-line background checks (via TechCrunch).

The searches will return outcomes that Garbo says are “relevant to the user’s safety” and can exclude some data reminiscent of drug possession and loitering. The searches additionally received’t embrace personally identifiable data like addresses and telephone numbers. According to Tinder, every person can have entry to 2 free background verify searches; after that, they’ll pay $2.50 plus a small processing payment per transaction that may straight fund Garbo’s operations and different charges related to the searches.

Users can carry out background checks by urgent on the blue defend within the app, then going to the Safety Center, the place they’ll choose the Garbo article, which can then direct them to Garbo’s web site. At first, customers will solely have to put in a match’s first title and telephone quantity, however within the occasion that doesn’t yield outcomes, customers can put in additional data, reminiscent of their match’s age. Users who obtain a match that Garbo reveals has a historical past of violence are inspired to report the particular person to Tinder. The firm additionally famous {that a} lack of historical past on a Garbo background verify doesn’t assure {that a} person is completely secure and urged customers to comply with its safety tips for conferences with new folks.

Match Group additionally introduced Wednesday that it’s partnering with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to offer customers the power to reside chat with skilled advocates. The function is designed for customers who’re “seeking more information about healthy relationships and relationship abuse,” in line with the information launch.

Tinder’s in-app background verify is the most recent safety-oriented function the corporate has rolled out previously few years. Last August, it added ID verification and has had a blue “verified” verify mark function since 2020, which indicators to swipers that their id has been verified through photograph.