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Intelius Date Check Mobile App Gives Singles a Safer Way to Mingle

Posted on: Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 06:00 CDT

BELLEVUE, Wash. and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelius - a leading icommerce company that empowers consumers and businesses with information to make intelligent decisions about personal safety and security - has been selected to launch its Date Check mobile application today at DEMOfall 09. A mobile expansion of the existing Intelius Date Check online service, the first-of-its-kind application will allow consumers to perform instant background checks on potential dates directly from their mobile phones.

"DEMO celebrates game-changing companies like Intelius, and this year Date Check represents a revolution in the way people navigate the dating scene," said Chris Shipley, Executive Producer of the DEMO Conferences. "The Date Check mobile app is fun and clever, and it's sure to get people talking."

With only a name or cell phone number, the Date Check mobile application searches publicly available information to instantly provide an on-the-go background profile of new acquaintances. In addition to basic information like name, age and address, Date Check can be used to check popular social networking sites like LinkedIn for data on employment history and education records. The Sleaze Detector feature scans criminal records to determine if anyone matching that name has been charged with offenses such as drug possession, assault and battery, sex crimes and DUI, among others. The Net Worth function gives users information about assets that include property value, as well as ownership and home details.

"Date Check is like having a private investigator in your purse," said John Arnold, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Business Development of Intelius. "When you meet someone for the first time, you don't really know anything about them. Letting a stranger into your life is a huge risk, and in the age of Internet anonymity, a simple online search isn't enough to tell you everything you need to know. The Date Check mobile application removes some of the guesswork and gives you the confidence to decide on the spot if continuing the conversation is worth your time."

Date Check mobile for iPhone will be available for download at the Apple Store. Android and Blackberry versions of the application are scheduled to be released in October of this year.

For additional information and screen chat, please visit http://www.intelius.com/mobile.

About Intelius

Intelius is a leading information commerce company providing businesses and consumers with information to empower the decision-making process for peace of mind and security. To date, Intelius has gained more than eight million unique customers who use Intelius' information to reconnect and protect their loved ones, businesses and assets. Intelius' services include background checks, people search services, comprehensive employment screening services and an award-winning identity theft prevention product, IDProtect. Intelius is one of the top 100 most trafficked sites on the Internet, according to comScore/Media Metrix. For more about Intelius screening products and services, visit http://hr.intelius.com. For more about Intelius' business, news and policies, visit www.intelius.com/corp.

About DEMO

Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semi-annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. For more information, visit www.demo.com.

SOURCE Intelius

Source: PR Newswire

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