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 ...

Equifax has extended its offer of free credit freezes through June 30. Equifax made freezes free late last year in the wake of a data breach that compromised personal data on about 145 million U.S.

When you think of freezing, credit may not be the first word that comes to mind. But knowing how to freeze your credit can prevent you from pain even worse than frostbite: identity theft. What a ...