Recent Articles About Credit Monitoring

Learn where to request your legitimate free annual credit report and how to avoid credit scams that can damage your good name.

Credit monitoring alerts you to suspicious activity before it becomes a problem, but when coupled with identity theft protection, it’s a powerful tool that can safeguard you against identity theft.

If you’re looking for extra protection and reassurance that you won’t suffer any losses, consider investing in a LifeLock plan.

Having your identity stolen can be scary, but taking the precaution of placing a fraud alert on your credit report is easy to do with all three credit bureaus.

After testing myFICO, the service seems to focus more on financial planning rather than on identity theft prevention.

Learn how to check your credit score without paying for it.

If you’re looking for a simple credit monitoring solution, Credit Sesame can help but our testing proved Credit Sesame doesn't provide much more than that.

After testing Credit Karma, we found it useful as a free service but more intrusive and clunky than we would want to use personally.

Figuring out how to read a credit report is important to protect your identity and to correct errors that could affect your credit score.

You can protect your credit by locking it or freezing it, but there are differences you need to know about.

If there's inaccurate information on your credit report, you can dispute it.