Credit Bureaus Offering Citizens A Way to Freeze Access to Credit Files

Good news for residents of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia

Every day, an average of 27,000 Americans have their identities stolen. A credit freeze allows you to freeze access to your credit file against anyone trying to open up a new account or get new credit in your name.

After TransUnion made the announcement, Equifax responded that they too would follow suit in October. A security freeze should be placed at each of the three major credit reporting agencies to effectively curb identity theft.

TransUnion has announced that it will provide the security freeze at no charge to identity theft victims and charge others $10 to initiate a freeze and $10

Posted by dreynold at October 10, 2007 11:25 AM | TrackBack