# Online Dating Safety Guide

## Before you register

- Read the dating site's privacy policy and billing terms.
- Check whether profiles can be blocked, reported, or hidden.
- Use a unique password.

## Before you pay

- Confirm renewal terms, refund policy, cancellation steps, and unlocked features.
- Be skeptical of guaranteed match or guaranteed relationship claims.
- Keep receipts and cancellation confirmations.

## Before you meet

- Meet in a public place.
- Tell a trusted person where you are going.
- Do not send money, gift cards, crypto, or banking details to someone you met on a dating site.