You can freeze your credit by mail, phone or online. Remember: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion all say requesting a credit ...

CLEVELAND — With news of a hacking group saying they’ve stolen most, if not all, of American’s Social Security numbers, people online are saying everyone should freeze their credit report. A blog post ...

But Lock & Alert promises to be faster and easier than a freeze, and free for life. Experian allows consumers to "lock" their credit as part of its credit-monitoring services for $10 to $25 a month.

This illustration shows a credit card being locked by silver metallic chains and a padlock. Credit - Dragon Claws—Getty Images In the aftermath of the major security breach confirmed by National ...

As a personal finance editor covering identity theft, I knew freezing my credit would make it harder for cybercriminals to open a new account in my name. But I still went back and forth on freezing my ...

In a move that could have significant implications for consumers and the credit reporting industry, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken legal action against Experian, one of the ...

There’s not a lot of love for the credit bureaus, so why would you want one of them in your wallet? Experian’s pitch: A slightly better credit score. Maybe. By Ron Lieber In 2009, Ron Lieber wrote ...