Is that guy you met on Match.com really a chef/rocket scientist; or could he be the next Ted Bundy? BeenVerified lets you answer that question—and more—by making public records background checks mobile with an Android and Apple iOS app.

There is no question that while social networking has made it easier for us to connect and share, it has also made it much more difficult to trust and verify the information we receive. But there is also a privacy concern. What information is being revealed about us?

BeenVerified, which has served up more than 10 million background checks, addresses the first concern with a free app and one free background check per month. Additional checks will cost $9.95 as an in-app payment. The second concern, that of privacy, is part of an ongoing conversation that initially saw Apple pulling the app from its store. And it’s a conversation that will take place at the local and national levels as consumers clamor for greater privacy protection.

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