Background check on potential partners

 I came across an article this morning about a company that helps you check how safe a partner or potential partner is. The owner of the company, Laura Lyons, 29, was herself a victim of domestic violence. She left the relationship after finding out that her husband had an abusive past.  On her website; Are They Safe, for about £200 you get to find out financial, criminal history,marital status and property ownership.

This service is undoubtedly useful for a single  parent, to check out whether their new date is on the sex offenders list, or whether they had abused partners in the past. Also, with an increase in online dating the service could prove very useful, especially when meeting in person for the first time. However all this information in the wrong hands could prove hazardous. The Police already offer this service (thanks to Claire's law ,March 2014), where you'd have to go in person and explain why you needed the search done, this I believe will wane off nosey people, that just want to dig up information for malicious reasons or simply for the sake of it.

Is this simply being practical? Whatever happened to instinct or looking out for signs, or perhaps love can blind theses simple but essential judgement? Let's discuss.