Online Speed Dating - HOW DO WE ENSURE PRIVACY AND SAFETY?

How do we address user privacy concerns?

• We only allow pre-registered users of ‘Marry in a Week’ facebook app to participate in our speed dating events, which are strictly hosted for the purpose of finding suitable marriage partners.
• We do not share user photos, profile, or contact details prior to or after the event with anybody. We only use the first name of the user.
• We carefully explain all dos and don’ts through an introductory email before the event, and also repeat them at the start of each and every event. This ensures that no one can seek anyone’s contact or job details or ask for a meeting after the event.
• We allow the girls to leave the venue first, followed by the guys ten minutes later so that they can avoid any unwanted encounters or conversations with the guys after the event.
• We share full names and contact details of only those participants who want to meet each other again after the event.
• We can also arrange for a vehicle to drop off the girls to the nearest metro station if they do not use personal conveyance.
• Upon mutual match you can choose to either share your email & mobile ( recommended) or Just your email address.
• None of the information gathered about a participant during the registration and event will be ever be shared, exchanged, sold or rented to any third party under any circumstances.
• Our events are held in the private area of a venue. Removed from the view of passers by and spectators. We don’t allow video shooting, photography or recording of any kind during the event.
• Our event normally always takes place at a mainstream business hotel in a Metro cities on a Sunday/public holiday during the day time.

How do you address user safety concerns?

• We carefully check all user profiles for their suitability to our speed dating group. Since all participants are pre-registered on our app, we also verify their mobile numbers, email addresses and public profiles on LinkedIn to ensure not just their authenticity but also their suitability.
• We check with all the participants that they are actually single and genuinely interested in finding their life partners though our speed dating events, before confirming their registration.
• We compulsorily seek scanned copies of valid photo ids of all participants prior to their registration, and also demand to see the original photo ids at the point of entry to our speed dating events.
• We carefully explain all dos and don’ts through an introductory email before the event, and also repeat the same at the start of the event.
• We hire well-trained officials to keep a close supervision on the proceedings. Additionally, if required, we can also access the hotel security available at the venue.
• We allow the girls to leave the venue first, followed by the guys ten minutes later so that they can avoid any unwanted encounters or conversations with the guys after the event.
• We also arrange for a vehicle to drop off the girls to the nearest metro station if they do not use personal conveyance.
• We have the authority to act in case someone behaves indecently or passes lewd comments or acts in any manner that can be construed as sexual harassment. We can immediately evict such a person from the venue and also ensure that he or she does not linger outside to cause further nuisance.
• We allow the participants to bring along a friend or a relative to the venue so that they can feel more comfortable and relaxed.
• We do not serve alcoholic drinks or allow any person access to the event if he or she appears to be visibly drunk.

What kind of  background checks we do on the people who register for our speed dating events?

We adopt several measures to establish a person’s true identity. For example, all participants of our dating events are pre-registered on our facebook matrimonial app http://apps.facebook.com/marryinaweek. This implies that their profiles have already been reviewed and checked for suitability to the speed dating groups that they are assigned to. Their public profiles on LinkedIn, along with their contact details, have also been verified.

Besides, we compulsorily seek scanned copies of valid photo ids of all participants prior to their registration, and also demand to see the original photo ids at the point of entry to our speed dating events. We also confirm with all the participants that they are actually single and genuinely interested in finding their life partners though our speed dating events, before confirming their registration.

Although, these checks and measures are quite reliable in most cases, they still cannot be considered foolproof. We do not do any police or employment verifications. Therefore, we cannot take any guarantee for anyone’s character or background. We advise all participants to take as many commonsensical precautions as they would while dealing with any stranger, during and even after the event.

What type of questions is not permitted to be asked?

You are not permitted to ask any personal probing questions. You cannot ask about their place of work or contact details. You cannot ask anyone for a meeting. And, you surely cannot say or ask anything that might be interpreted as a threat or any form of sexual harassment. You must be polite and respectful at all times. And also, you must not let anyone know during the course of the event whether or not you will want to meet them again after the event.

Our events are only for Matrimonial purpose

Our speed dating events are strictly held for matrimonial matchmaking purposes only, and are exclusively meant for the use of registered members of ‘Marry in a Week’ facebook app. We strongly discourage people interested in dating only for fun or friendship from signing up on our facebook app. Before confirming any registration for our speed dating events, we try our best to ensure that the concerned participant is not only single but also genuinely interested in matrimonial matchmaking.