Freezing your credit reports with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion has become a straightforward and cost-free process, ...

A credit freeze can be a pivotal step to protect yourself from identity theft. When you have a freeze on your credit reports, lenders can’t view them in response to an application for new credit — and ...

You can freeze your credit by mail, phone or online. Remember: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion all say requesting a credit freeze by mail is the slowest method. So, if time is of the essence, you ...

A new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center reveals alarming new information about the financial and emotional toll ...

Locking your credit report may sound extreme, but it’s one of the smartest ways to stop fraud before it starts.

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 ...