notwithstanding the above , for transparency and fraud prevention purposes , and as permitted by applicable laws , we may , but have no obligation to -lrb- i -rrb- ask members to provide a form of government identification or other information or undertake additional checks designed to help verify the identities or backgrounds of members , -lrb- ii -rrb- screen members against third party databases or other sources and request reports from service providers , and -lrb- iii -rrb- where we have sufficient information to identify a member , obtain reports from public records of criminal convictions or sex offender registrations or an equivalent version of background or registered sex offender checks in your local jurisdiction -lrb- if available -rrb- .