Credit freezes and credit locks both block unauthorized access to your credit reports. Freezes are free and may afford more legal protections. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are ...

Thanks to large data breaches in recent years, both credit freezes and credit locks are gaining in popularity. Both tools stop lenders from accessing your credit information and can be removed and ...

NordProtect’s credit monitoring service now includes all three major credit bureaus. The service monitors a user’s credit file and alerts in case of suspicious activity – such as new accounts opened ...

The federal government has fined TransUnion a total of $23 million — including some $14 million to be paid to consumers — over illegal rental background checks and security locks and freezes on ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reached two settlements totaling $23 million with consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion, stemming from ...

The credit reporting company TransUnion holds our intimate financial details. Until recently, its customer service hotline also left an opening for impostors to potentially take over our private ...