Effective date: March 5, 2025
Last updated: August 31, 2026
This Background Check Policy explains who may require or complete a background check through Skip Dating, Inc. ("Skip," "we," "us," or "our"), what the process may include, how Skip determines passed background-check status, what other users may see, and how disputes and appeals work.
A background check is one safety tool. It provides limited information based on the records and sources available at the time of the search. It cannot identify every record or risk, conclusively establish identity, predict a person's conduct or intentions, or guarantee compatibility or safety. Always use your judgment and follow safer dating practices. See Skip's Safety Policy for additional information.
Background-check requirements are enabled by default for women matching with men, although a woman may turn the requirement off in her settings. If the requirement remains enabled, her male match must complete the required process and receive a passed background-check status before he can propose a date. Men cannot require women they match with to complete a background check.
The man is not asked to complete the check until both users have matched and he has passed her enabled deal breakers. At that point, he may choose to complete the check before proposing a date, unmatch, or allow the match to expire when the 48-hour match window ends. If he purchases and begins the required background check before the 48-hour match window ends, the match timer pauses while the background check and Skip's related review are pending.
Men and women may also choose to complete their own background check through Skip at any time. The same rules apply whether a match begins directly in Skip or through a Digital or Physical Date Card. A Date Card does not bypass a background-check requirement.
There is no charge for a woman to enable a background-check requirement. The person completing the background check may be charged the price disclosed before purchase.
Background checks are currently available only to eligible users in the United States and may not be available in every jurisdiction or circumstance.
Before a background check begins, the person being screened must provide the requested information and complete any disclosures, authorizations, acknowledgments, and consent steps presented in the screening flow. This policy does not replace those documents.
You must submit accurate and complete information about yourself and may not submit another person's information, identification, or Social Security number. Skip or its providers may request corrections or additional documentation when information is incomplete, inconsistent, or cannot be confirmed.
Only submit sensitive identifying information, including a Social Security number or government-issued ID, through Skip's authorized background-check and ID-review process. Never send this information directly to another user.
Skip partners with Checkr to provide background checks. Depending on the selected screening package, jurisdiction, reporting rules, and source availability, a check may include:
Some database and watchlist searches may identify potential information that requires additional review. A search result does not automatically determine whether Skip grants passed background-check status.
Skip uses the term "SSN verification" for a combined process that includes a Checkr SSN trace and Skip's separate government-issued ID and profile review.
A Checkr SSN trace uses submitted information and database records associated with the Social Security number to help develop names and address history and identify jurisdictions for additional searches. It does not confirm that the Social Security number belongs to the person who submitted it, and it does not verify identity.
Skip separately compares the name on the submitted ID with the name used for the background check and compares the ID photo with photos on the Skip profile. This combined process can help identify inconsistencies and reduce impersonation and fraud risk, but it does not conclusively verify identity or guarantee safety.
Skip does not use names or addresses returned by the SSN trace as criminal-record eligibility criteria. If Checkr cannot complete the trace or identifies a discrepancy, the process may remain incomplete and the user may be asked to correct information or provide supporting documentation. A discrepancy is not, by itself, a criminal finding.
Checkr may label a completed report Clear or Consider. These are Checkr report results, not a Skip pass or fail decision. Checkr supplies screening information, but Skip reviews the legally reportable information made available to it, along with Skip's separate ID and profile review, and decides whether to grant, deny, or maintain a passed background-check status. Checkr does not make Skip's eligibility or account decision.
Skip's decision is subject to applicable law and any required notice, report copy, consumer-rights information, opportunity to dispute or respond, waiting period, or appeal process.
Your background check may prevent you from receiving passed background-check status if it contains:
Skip reviews records individually, except that a confirmed, reportable sex offender registry listing results in permanent removal, subject to applicable law and any required dispute or appeal process.
The following generally do not, by themselves, prevent passed background-check status:
These examples do not guarantee a particular outcome.
Background checks are limited to the records and information available from the sources searched at the time of the search. Results may be incomplete, inaccurate, delayed, unavailable, or legally restricted from being reported. A check may not identify every criminal record or sex offender registry listing. A record may also relate to another person with similar identifying information.
The absence of a reported record means only that the requested searches did not report one. It does not establish that a person has no criminal history, verify identity, predict conduct, or guarantee safety.
Skip does not continuously rerun the search or monitor every user or every relevant record.
If Skip grants passed background-check status after reviewing a completed report, the status may remain displayed for up to 12 months from the report's completion date. It reflects a point-in-time review and does not mean that Skip reruns the search, continuously monitors the user, or treats the underlying report as complete or current for 12 months.
Skip may require a new check sooner if important information changes, fraud or impersonation is suspected, a safety report is received, provider requirements change, or another review is appropriate.
A badge shows that the user received and retains a passed background-check status based on information reviewed at a particular time. It is not identity verification, certification, endorsement, or a guarantee of conduct or safety.
Skip does not display a user's full Checkr report, record details, Social Security number, or government-issued ID to other users. Other users may see only limited status information or a badge. The person screened may access their report through Checkr's Candidate Portal.
If a completed background-check review does not result in passed background-check status, access to Skip will be disabled as described in Section 11. If Skip later removes a previously granted passed background-check status, Skip may remove the badge, restrict features, suspend or disable the account, or permanently remove the account, subject to applicable law.
Skip may also withhold or remove passed background-check status, restrict affected features, or restrict or disable an account when the process is incomplete, information appears inaccurate, fraud or impersonation is suspected, required ID or profile review cannot be completed, a user attempts to bypass screening or account restrictions, a chargeback occurs, or another Skip policy is violated.
Timing is not guaranteed. Some checks or reviews may take several business days or longer because of record availability, provider requirements, disputes, or requests for additional information. If a submission or invitation expires or required steps are not completed, the user may need to restart the process and may need to pay for a new background check.
If information in a Checkr report is inaccurate, incomplete, or belongs to someone else, the user should file a dispute through Checkr's Candidate Portal. Checkr, not Skip, conducts the reinvestigation of information in its report. Skip cannot edit Checkr's report.
A dispute about information in a Checkr report is separate from an appeal of Skip's passed-status or account decision. A user may appeal Skip's decision by emailing info@skip.dating. The appeal should identify the account and decision being appealed, explain why the decision should be changed, and include any supporting information.
Skip manually reviews appeals. Restrictions remain in effect while a dispute or appeal is pending, and Skip does not promise a particular resolution time. Skip will provide any notice and opportunity to respond required by applicable law.
If a user does not pass a background check, access to Skip will remain disabled for 12 months. After that period, the user may complete a new background check if still eligible under Skip’s policies. Access will be restored only if the user passes the new background check. Waiting 12 months alone does not restore access. A user permanently removed under this policy is not eligible for reinstatement unless Skip determines through a dispute or appeal that the original report or decision was incorrect.
Payment covers the initiation and processing of the background check and related review, not a passed result. Once processing begins, fees generally are non-refundable, except where required by law or when Skip determines that a verified technical or billing error, such as a duplicate charge, warrants a refund or credit.
Additional payment, cancellation, and refund terms appear in Skip's Terms of Sale and Return Policy.
Skip handles background-check, government-issued ID, and related review information as described in Skip's Privacy Policy. Skip may share necessary information with Checkr and other authorized providers to process the check, complete related reviews, provide support, prevent fraud, enforce Skip's policies, and comply with law.
Skip may update this Background Check Policy as its screening services, practices, or legal obligations change. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.
Questions about this policy, requests for support, and appeals of Skip decisions may be sent to:
Skip Dating, Inc.
Email:info@skip.dating
Website:www.skip.dating
Questions or disputes concerning the accuracy of a Checkr report should be submitted through Checkr's Candidate Portal.
To request this policy in an alternative accessible format, email info@skip.dating.