I suppose I could ask customer service of the verification services, but I thought I'd ask the clients and providers that actually use verification services (especially Date Check) on a regular basis.  I want to find out the actual use case scenarios instead of figuring with the theoreticals.

I'm using Date Check as an example here, but I think these questions/concerns apply to verification services in general.

I have some important questions that came to my mind after viewing one of the sample profiles that Date Check provided on their FAQ.

Note that there's already quite a bit of identifying information here - First name, last initial, sub-segment of government issued ID.  

There's also info on e-mail address and message board alias.

Question 1:

Who is allowed to view this profile?  
  * Only providers who I authorize to screen me.  
  * Only providers?
  * Any Date Check member?
  * None of the above and some other choice?

It seems there would be some serious security holes if any Date Check member could view the entire profile.

Question 2:

Am I allowed to use a fake name in the profile, if I let Date Check have my real name for the initial screening?

Question 3:

What do providers ACTUALLY use to authenticate that the physical person that enters her hotel room is actually the guy in the profile?

  * SAFE word?
  * Photo ID + 4 consecutive digits of government ID only?
  * Photo ID + 4 consecutive digits of government ID + name on ID?
  * some other combination I am not aware of?

Question 4:

What types of searching capabilities does Date Check offer members to search over client records?

For example, can I search for all guys named "Timothy" in Miami?  
If so, that would really suck if hypothetically, I had a very distinctive name like Barack.  Then hypothetically  my anal employer (or political opponent) could sign up for date check and search every month to see if there were any guys named Barack signed up for date check recently.  After he finds the existence of my Date Check record, he can then invest in the effort to destroy my career/reputation/chances to become Prez.

At the very least, they probably allow for searching over ID, correct?   Or do you have to generate some sort of time limited unique link that you give to a SPECIFIC provider?

Thanks a lot!