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| What the Postal Service and the FTC didn’t say about ID theft Posted by money mom at 03/03/08 11:37 AM Money Mom and many of her colleagues at Consumers Union got a brochure in the mail this past week from the Postal Service warning about identity theft. The brochure is from the Federal Trade Commission and tells consumers how to “Deter, Detect and Defend” themselves from identity thieves… with one glaring oversight: no information on how to place a security freeze.
Experian Steps Up Posted by Brent at 10/04/07 06:36 PM On Thursday Oct 4th Experian became the last of the Big Three credit reporting agencies to announce, in a press release, that the company would offer the security freeze (the most effective tool in fighting new account fraud) to all consumers nationwide, DC and in the US territories. Experian’s press release stated that the company would begin the program on November 1st of 2007.
Tell TransUnion, Experian and Equifax you deserve the best Posted by Michelle at 09/21/07 06:03 PM This may be the perfect opportunity for consumers to make an impact and obtain more control over their credit files and identities through a low-cost, easy to use security freeze.
Security Freeze for ALL Posted by Michelle at 09/19/07 06:07 PM TransUnion announced yesterday that they will be extending the security freeze to all consumers in about a month. Beginning October 15, 2007, TransUnion will offer the security freeze for no cost to identity theft victims and for $10 for non identity theft victims in states that do not yet have a security freeze law on the books.
How Many Freeze States Are There Now? Posted by Michelle at 05/17/07 02:49 PM Many state legislatures have either wrapped up, or are in the process of winding down. If your state did not yet offer the security freeze, you may be in luck as a number of states have passed legislation to provide you with this preventative identity theft tool.
A story behind a security freeze law Posted by Michelle at 05/16/07 03:36 PM I've reported that 35 states plus the District of Columbia have passed security freeze, or credit freeze legislation. But what happens behind closed doors? What's the story? Who are the players? The story of how an individual in Delaware took the credit freeze issue up and built up a massive coalition against big bucks to pass a law in his state recently ran in the Washington Post.
Freeze Facts Posted by Michelle at 05/02/07 05:44 PM By now, you may have heard of this nifty identity theft prevention tool called the security freeze. But, there seems to be a lot of confusion about what the security freeze is and what it can do. So, I've decided to put together some quick facts about the security freeze.
The Word's Out, the Freeze is on Yahoo! Posted by Michelle at 02/21/07 07:08 PM The freeze is on the first page of Yahoo! today, February 21st. Word must be getting out that the security freeze is a good tool for consumers to use to help prevent new identity theft and fraud.
Don't Pay for a Fraud Alert Posted by Michelle at 02/01/07 06:57 PM Don't be fooled into paying for services that place a fraud alert or help stop the junk mail from coming in. These are both required by law to be free!
Eight more states Posted by Michelle at 01/12/07 06:02 PM Eight more states had their security freeze laws go into effect at the beginning of the year. The security freeze can help protect your identity and your finances. It lets you lock up your credit files so that fraudsters can't open up new accounts and rack up mountains of debt.
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