Is thailovelines.com Safe?

Hello Earth4, ThaiLoveLines is an international dating site with many aspects to our service including: * Meet your match * Chat Online * Social Network * News Centre * News Wall * Gallery & Private Photos * Make a Date * Search * Online lists * Favorites * Internet radio station * Flirts * Encounters As I have pointed out in my presentations, we are an international Thai dating and social networking site. We are explicity forbidden by our operating conditions from going beyond the operations of a dating/social networking site. We will for instance refuse to relay a message from one member to another off site as this would violate our privacy policy. We certainly do not engage in any person to person services or the sale of relationships. Also please remember we have over 235,000 registered members with over 45,000 photo profiles. Our International dating site offers Standard and Premium memberships allowing users to make use of our social network faclities. We are very open about our site and all sections are described online in Site Tours, Help sections, FAQ and How it Works.. Have a look at our success stories (865) and this shows the ongoing success of the site in letting people find love online for themselves. I am very proud of this. I accept that there is a contrary view about this phenomenon which I deal with in my forum presentation. Many of our users are not using ThaiLovelines for long term relationships but for Instant Chat or simply a cure to loneliness. We do target international dating and the personal search for long term relationships. We even go further a provide a news centre exploring this. Personally I believe strongly in what we do. I feel that the internet empowers people particularly Thai women. And it does! Trafficking is an activity that occurs in all developing countries linked to prostitution and it is usually originates from a physical, personal relationship. It can happen on websites but our site has an extensive security service. I certainly accept that a user online can be duped or exploited and this is a danger. We actively combat this threat which, by the way extends to all our members male and female. I can detail to you our daily security operations if you would like. I suggest the term trafficking is inappropriate to use in relation to our website. It should go without saying that our International Dating site has nothing to do with trafficking. The label is a bit extreme. If a user meets another person, all visa and legal requirements must be observed. Our Thai dating news centre advises all users not only on legal requirements but on the pitfalls of international dating (and there are some) but also to at all times comply with not only the law but the spirit of these laws. Many of our relationships are created in Thailand while other involve foreigners living or emigrating to Thailand. This is now a global world thanks to increased travel now powered by the internet. It occurs to me, given your title, that you may not completely agree with this concept and that is a valid viewpoint but this does not mean our website is not trustworthy or without integrity. Our vision on ThaiLoveLines is One world, freedom to find your partner, wife or husband wherever or whoever you are. I guess that's why we are so open about this. As I have said, many of our users are foreigners living in Thailand or those moving to live in Thailand. We also have growing numbers of Thai men and women using it locally in Thai language. I know were your concens come from and you will see in my presentations, that I have not denied the issues that I think prompt your concerns. But these are not related to the activities of our site. In fact, I suggest that our site is an antidote to such activities. I would ask you to reconsider your evaluation of our site on this basis. I am happy to address your points or further comments. Kindest regards, Joseph O' Connor AtlanticThai Internet Co. Ltd

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Hi Poytec, Just to address what seems to be a concern. ThaiLoveLines has a strict once off Premium membership payment policy. No auto billing ever in any shape or form. This has always been our policy. All payments on or site are made on secure SSL pages (Thawte) and we never retain or are ever in possession of payment details. Our customer service department responds to service queries by all members whether they be Standard or Premium members. http://www.thailovelines.com/contact.php Our site has no (zero) 'spam' users. All our registered members and profiles are created online by users and approved/disapproved by our company whence they appear online. The three profiles appearing on the home page of the site appear at random for a selected number of profiles which are rotated each month. We currently disapprove 11% of all submitted profiles for either not complying with profile quality guidelines or if blocked by our security officer. Kindest regards, Joseph O' Connor AtlanticThai Internet Co. Ltd

Hi muskelmann, ThaiLovelInes is not linked or flagged on any spam register. As I have said in my e-mails, our site operates a comprehensive anti-spam policy which we call 'Easy e-mail'. We have a very low spam reportage rate from Microsoft Hotmail accounts. It may be that you are confused by the fact that our name (ThaiLoveLines) is is sometimes used on spam e-mail the same as facebook, playboy or other site brands are abused. I would be happy to respond to any further comments or questions. Kindest regards, Joseph O' Connor AtlanticThai Internet Co. Ltd.