And consumer advocates continue to recommend freezes despite recent revelations that TransUnion, one of the three major credit bureaus, botched “tens of thousands” of freeze requests over a ...

In its court filing against TransUnion, the CFPB notes that in the two months before the Equifax breach, TransUnion got just over 33,000 requests to freeze consumers’ credit reports.

TransUnion will pay $23 million over two settlements with the CFPB and FTC. The company maintains they are not admissions of wrongdoing.

Consumer Report: TransUnion failed to freeze credit reports ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Transunion lied to you. That’s the word from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

A credit freeze involves putting a block on your credit reports, whereas a fraud alert is more like flagging your file. “A ...

News 8 contacted all three major credit bureaus to find out whether a credit freeze stays in place until a consumer removes it or if it expires after seven years, as mandated by Pennsylvania law.

As data breaches have piled up, more consumers are taking advantage of the credit freeze as one of the best ways to prevent identity theft. When you freeze your credit reports, lenders cannot check… ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau described TransUnion as “lying” to people about the status of their credit freezes.