NorthJersey.com reported today that, contrary to the constitutional concerns of web dating sites and the various legal issues with background checking mechanisms, Senate President Richard J. Codey is “spearheading” new web dating laws in the area. Under the proposed legislation:

Convicted sex offenders who are caught using the Internet will be fined up to $18,000 and […]

A former Long Island officer will avoid jail time and three years of probation if he enlists in the army within the next nine months.
Michael Valentine, 29, hacked into his ex-girlfriend’s Match.com account and contacted seventy men on her behalf without her knowledge. Some of the men showed up unannounced at the ex-girlfriend’s house, expecting […]

I’ve met people using online dating sites of one sort or another for well over a decade - even before web dating was popular. (Think BBS. Yes, I was a proud modem-er in my early 20’s!) Throughout the thousands of people I met, I never, ever had a scary situation on my hands.
Well, if […]