Freeze your Credit Report

The Shreveport Times reports that next July Louisiana will become part of a small minority of states that makes additional protections available to citizens seeking to prevent identity theft. The new weapon, called a security freeze, prevents the major credit bureaus from providing a credit report to anyone unless the person seeking credit has provided the creditor with express permission to access his or her credit report. The service will cost $10 and it looks like you will have to pay $8 each time you want to provide access to your records.

Posted by AJR at August 3, 2004 11:33 AM