Article: Better Hide Your Baggage; New Yorkers Have No Shame When it Comes to Snooping through Their Partners' Belongings or Online Profiles.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to today's technologically savvy relationships, New Yorkers can no longer expect any privacy. According to the 2008 Harlequin Romance Report, Confessions, 57% of New York women and 55% of New York men have researched a potential date or significant other online. But the spying doesn't stop there; 43% of women and 42% of men have snooped through their significant other's e-mails, text messages, instant messages, private letters, or mementos from previous partners.

According to the report, New Yorkers revealed when honesty is the best policy and when lies are still acceptable. They also took some time to confess a ...

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