Here are the steps to freezing your credit online with the three credit bureaus: On your account homepage, navigate to ...

With more information coming out about the Equifax data breach, consumers are increasingly looking for answers on whether their information is protected. Atlanta-based Equifax recently announced that ...

Freezing your credit is one way to lower your risk of being scammed. What is a credit freeze and how do you do this? We asked digital coach Grace Buscher, of Quincy, when is this a good idea and how ...

Equifax has announced that their massive data breach in 2017 exposed the personal information of 147 million people. Now, the company has agreed to a $700 million settlement. Under the terms of the ...

NEW YORK -- Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting companies, said this week that a major data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other important information of millions of people.

Sign up for a security freeze by contacting all three major credit reporting agencies to request it: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. Place a fraud alert by contacting any of the three major credit ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Seven On Your Side's Michael Finney teamed up with Consumer Reports to help you choose between a freeze and a fraud alert in order to protect your credit in the wake of the ...