Free Annual Credit Report
May 12th, 2007 by William Jones
If you have not looked at your credit report in the last year, I highly suggest you do. In the age of identity theft and stolen or lost computers and external hard drives containing personal information, keeping tabs on your credit report is an absolute must. The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months. You can get your copy by going to www.annualcreditreport.com.
If you want to deter, detect, or defend against identity theft, you may want to visit the Federal Trade Commission’s website. The FTC proclaims to be the one-stop-shop for identity theft information. Visit the FTC’s ID Theft website.