Consumer activists had a mixed response to the announcement yesterday by TransUnion that it will allow consumers to put a national “freeze” on their credit file, the first of the big three credit bureaus to offer such a program.
TransUnion announced that a victim of identity theft could add, lift or remove a freeze on access to their credit file for free on a nationwide basis. Non-victims would pay $10 to add, lift or remove a national credit freeze under the program from TransUnion.
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