Tinder is investing in background check Garbo, which says it works to balance privacy and safety.

Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable criminal background checks.

Match Group, the corporate parent of Tinder, Match.com, Hinge and Plenty of Fish, is no longer partnering with Garbo, the company that allowed Match’s dating app users to conduct background c… ...

Match Group’s Tinder is introducing a tool to let users run background checks on prospective dates, as the company continues to address concerns about the safety of dating apps.

Following last year’s investment in the background-check nonprofit Garbo, Match Group today is rolling out Garbo-powered background checks to its flagship dating app Tinder.

Tinder, for example, has never allowed users to send each other images within the app so, no, you’ve never actually received an unsolicited dick pic there.

Match Group, Tinder's parent company, has partnered with nonprofit background screening company, Garbo, to make background checks available on the app.

For a yet-to-be-determined price, Tinder users will be able to do a background check on a potential date. The online dating site is integrating the feature later this year.

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Tinder users will be able to run a background check on their potential dates to find out if they have a criminal record.

For a yet-to-be-determined price, Tinder users will be able to do a background check on a potential date. The online dating site is integrating the feature later this year.