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Worried about your credit information? Congress made some major changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act last month that should help assuage your fears. By the end of next year, consumers will be able to obtain one free credit report a year from each of the three credit bureaus--Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Consumers will also be able to opt out of having financial firms share their personal data for marketing purposes. And creditors will have to tell consumers before reporting negative information to credit bureaus. Such provisions should help consumers control their credit information and stave off the rise...
WATCH YOUR CREDIT: Place a fraud alert on your credit reports with the three credit bureaus: Experian (888-397-3742), TransUnion (800-680-7289) and Equifax...
...surprises. New provisions to the act, which is set to expire at the end of the year, would allow consumers to get a credit report every year--something everybody should probably do--without charge. Right now, getting a report and score from one of the three national credit bureaus--Equifax, Experian and TransUnion--costs...
...from February 2002 and hit an estimated 7 million people in the past year, according to the research firm Gartner. How can you shield yourself? The Identity Theft Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization, suggests that consumers check their credit ratings annually from the credit-reporting bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Don't write your Social Security or driver's license number on checks, don't respond to suspicious e-mail requests, and go easy on yourself if you're victimized: fraudsters have hit everyone from Steven Spielberg to Tiger Woods. --By Daren Fonda
...most effective way to keep your identity clean is to check your credit reports once or twice a year. There are three major credit-report outfits: Equifax (at equifax.com) Trans-Union www.transunion.com and Experian experian.com) All allow you to order reports online, which is a lot better than wading through voice-mail hell on their 800 lines. Of the three, I found TransUnion's website to be the cheapest and most comprehensive--laying out state-by-state prices, rights and tips for consumers in easy-to-read fashion...