Your personal information is valuable. If criminals get their hands on it, they can — among other things — open credit cards while pretending to be you. Then it’s up to you to shut down fraudulent ...

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 ...

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

A credit freeze is an anti-fraud measure in which a credit bureau refrains from sharing a consumer’s credit report with any ...

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 ...

A credit card opened in your name can hurt your score fast. Here's how it happens and what actually protects you.

A credit freeze blocks new accounts, but it won’t alert you when criminals open bank accounts or take out payday loans in your name. Kim Komando explains why layers of protection are the only way to ...

It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week. In Wisconsin, to help consumers and taxpayers protect themselves from identity theft, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Department of ...

If you've never been the victim of identity theft, consider yourself lucky. Experts say it’s not a matter of "if" you'll become a victim, but "when." And it can take a lot of time and effort to clean ...