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2. How to unfreeze credit if you lose your PIN - AOL

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   When you place a credit freeze on an Experian, an Equifax or a TransUnion account, you used to be given a PIN to help you unfreeze your report later.

3. Here's how to freeze your credit after Social Security ... - AOL

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   At the three big credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, placing a security freeze on your credit file is easy, according to cybersecurity expert David Malicoat.

4. Should I freeze my child’s credit? - AOL

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   While the credit bureaus used to charge fees to freeze and unfreeze credit reports, those fees were removed to give consumers more opportunity to protect themselves against identity theft.

5. 2017 Equifax data breach - Wikipedia

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   2017 Equifax data breach Between May and July 2017, American credit bureau Equifax was breached. Private records of 147.9 million Americans along with 15.2 million British citizens and about 19,000 Canadian citizens were compromised in the breach, making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft.

6. Credit freeze - Wikipedia

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   A credit freeze (also known as a security freeze) allows an individual to control how a consumer reporting agency (also known as a credit bureau such as Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and Innovis) is able to sell personal financial identity data. [1] The credit freeze locks the data at the consumer reporting agency until the individual gives ...

7. Credit score in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Credit score in the United States. A credit score is a number that provides a comparative estimate of an individual's creditworthiness based on an analysis of their credit report. [1] It is an inexpensive and main alternative to other forms of consumer loan underwriting. Lenders, such as banks and credit card companies, use credit scores to ...