MyTruDate’s Dating Safety Awareness Notification 

MyTruDate’s Dating Safety Awareness Notification 

Nothing is more important to us at TruDate than your safety, especially while dating. Below is a list of safety measures reasonably designed to increase your awareness of safer online dating practices, as well as resources for reporting crimes committed by any TruDate member. We urge all of our users to follow the measures set forth in this Dating Safety Awareness notification (“Dating Safety Tips”) for their safety and protection.

Please be advised that even though every member of TruDate has passed our rigorous criminal background check and identity verification screening, these measures alone do not protect any person from the possibility of encountering dangerous people online. For your added safety and peace of mind, we urge all users to conduct their own research using social media and online search engines etc. to obtain additional background information about a person before meeting someone new for the first time.

Online Dating Safety Awareness Advisory 

Online Dating Safety Awareness Advisory 

Getting to know an individual through an online dating service may be risky and all users should follow safety precautions when sharing information or meeting in person. As such we urge and advise all users of this Platform to heed the following advisory warnings:

  • Engaging in sexual conduct without the other person’s consent is a criminal act and subject to prosecution.
  • There is no substitute for acting with caution when communicating with any stranger who wants to meet you.
  • An individual may provide false information in their dating profile.
  • All users should avoid sharing your last name, e-mail address, home address, phone number, place of work, social security number, details of your daily routine, personal health, medical, or any other identifying information in your dating profile or initial e- mail messages, chat messages, or other communications.

Protecting Yourself from Financial Crimes

Protecting Yourself from Financial Crimes

  • Never send money or provide any financial information to someone you meet on an online dating service, especially by wire transfer, even if the individual claims to be experiencing an emergency.
  • Protect Your Personal Information – Avoid sharing personal details such as address, phone number, personal routine or family information.
  • Stop communicating with an individual who pressures you for personal or financial information or attempts to trick you into revealing your personal or financial information.
  • Immediately report any TruDate member who attempts to trick you into revealing your personal or financial information (see Reporting procedures below)

Protecting Yourself from Sexual Assault and Dating Violence

Protecting Yourself from Sexual Assault and
Dating Violence

While using the app:

  • Use caution logging into TruDate on a public or shared computer. Always use a strong password and never share it with anybody.
  • Use different photos for your dating profile than are used in your social media sites.
  • Remain in control, do not feel pressured to do anything you are uncomfortable with by someone you have met online.
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  • Keep communication between you and the potential date on the Trudate messaging platform until you are fully prepared to communicate off the TruDate platform. Don’t be rushed to provide email address, phone number, or engage in “off platform” messaging apps.
  • Video chat before you meet up in person.

While on your date:

  • If you choose to have a face-to-face meeting with another member, always tell someone in your family or a friend where you are going and when you plan to return.
  • Never agree to be picked up at your home.
  • Always provide your own transportation to and from an in-person date.
  • Consider ride sharing or getting a ride from a friend or family member as a backup plan. Avoid allowing your date visual access to your vehicle and or tag number.
  • Meet in a public place with many people around and remain in a public place.
  • Consider using the location sharing/tracking aspect in your phone during your date.
  • Take a screenshot of your date’s profile info and provide it to a friend or family member before the date.
  • Trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable, stop communication and leave the meeting or if needed, ask for help.
  • Never leave any personal items, especially your phone, unattended.
  • Only accept drinks poured by the bartender or server.
  • Stay sober – Know your limitations while using alcohol which can impair your judgment.
  • Block and report all suspicious and or offensive behavior toward you immediately i.e. harassment, threatening actions or communication during or after the meeting.

Reporting Unsafe Conduct, Crimes or other Misconduct

Reporting Unsafe Conduct, Crimes or other Misconduct

First and foremost, if you feel threatened or in immediate danger, call 911 immediately.

Reporting criminal activity by another TruDate member may help prevent a perpetrator of a rape, assault, or financial crime from hurting or continuing to hurt others, and may be necessary for TruDate to take responsive action against the TruDate member who perpetrated the crime.

If you are the victim or survivor of sexual or intimate partner violence, any other physical violence, or a financial crime inflicted by someone you met on the TruDate platform, you should report the incident to TruDate and to law enforcement.

Even if you are not the victim of a crime, be sure to block and report to TruDate any member whose behavior is suspicious, offensive, harassing, threatening, fraudulent, or involves a request for money or an attempt to sell a product or service.

HOW TO CONTACT TRUDATE TO REPORT MEMBER CRIME OR MISCONDUCT

HOW TO CONTACT TRUDATE TO REPORT MEMBER CRIME OR MISCONDUCT

  • Click the button below to report any act of sexual or intimate partner violence, any other physical violence, financial crimes or other misconduct to TruDate.

You may also report a crime or misconduct by: 

  • Selecting the “Report Misconduct” tab under the accused user’s profile at any time to report the same; or

  • By emailing us at Support@TruDate.me under the subject line “Report of Crime or Misconduct.”

For information about how TruDate handles reports of criminal activity and misconduct please consult our Terms and Conditions of Service.

Resources for Victims of Sexual or Intimate Partner Violence or Financial Crimes

Resources for Victims of Sexual or Intimate Partner Violence or Financial Crimes

If you are the victim or survivor of sexual or intimate partner violence or a financial crime through someone you met on the TruDate platform, you are not to blame and may seek support through the following national or local hotlines and services:x

Sexual or Intimate Partner Violence Support 

  • For referral to a local rape crisis center contact 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) 24/7;
  • For Online Counseling contact https://ohl.rainn.org/online/

Financial Crime Support