intelius-21It didn’t win the big prize at the DEMOfall 09 event. But Intelius‘ DateCheck app for the iPhone was one of the most-talked-about at the show.

The DateCheck app runs background checks on your date in real-time so you can figure out if it’s time to make an excuse and head for the door or stick around.

John Arnold, executive vice president of Intelius, explains to us in this video what the app can do, it’s implications for safety and privacy, and how the company plans to make money with the app. Editing courtesy of Alexa Lee of Ooyala. http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?width=580&height=435&embedCode=1yNm12OtEqgGmP8lduhK9dYyGIcYgKwKhttp://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=1yNm12OtEqgGmP8lduhK9dYyGIcYgKwK&version=2

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