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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...