You fill your fridge with fresh groceries, relishing the thought of staying cool and crunchy, only to be met with a ...

Learn how to shut down access to your credit reports – and when it’s worth doing.

Many people don't freeze their credit until their info gets exposed in a data breach — but you can also keep this protection in place before it happens ...

Many people are wondering how to protect themselves after a company confirmed it was hacked, potentially exposing the Social Security numbers of billions of people.

A credit freeze can be a pivotal step to protect yourself from identity theft. When you have a freeze on your credit reports, lenders can’t view them in response to an application for new credit ...

Under a freeze, if a legitimate lending party needs to run your credit, they should contact you directly from the organization, and then the freeze can be lifted. Contact us at letters@time.com.

Social Security numbers and other personal data belonging to millions of Americans were stolen in a data security breach of National Public Data.

It’s time to consider one of the most boring, but important, moves you can make for your money: Freeze your credit. A lawsuit earlier this month alleging that a background-check company left as ...

Following these steps could protect your child from having poor credit scores, financial aid withheld and employment denied due to identity theft.

Under a freeze, if a legitimate lending party needs to run your credit, they should contact you directly from the organization, and then the freeze can be lifted.