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.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — No matter what your age, five years old, 35 years old, or 75 years old, you should have a freeze on your credit. Why? Because without it, an identity thief could use stolen ...

Approximately 9% of U.S. households fall victim to identity theft each year, and those numbers are on the rise. Anyone whose personally identifiable information (PII) has been compromised in a data ...

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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 ...

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 ...