Experian Credit Reports

Consumer credit reporting bureau Experian has announced that it will be offering its customers in 50 states and the District of Columbia, the chance to freeze their credit histories starting November 1. Experian is the second firm after TransUnion to offer consumers the option of freezing their credit histories. By freezing histories, consumers can block access to their reports by new creditors. The company said that it would be charging $10 every time a consumer wants to freeze his/her history temporarily or permanently. "It will be one option among a broad range of fraud-assistance tools we already provide to consumers so that they may make the choice best suited to their situation," said Kerry Williams, group president of credit services and decision analytics business at Experian. "Now that a national model for file freezing has emerged, Experian is offering this option to help prevent consumer confusion." TransUnion was the first company to offer this option, which will come into effect starting October 15.

Experian Consumer Direct With FamilySecure.com Sponsors the Joyful ...

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian Consumer Direct(SM), the leading provider of online direct-to-consumer credit reports, scores and monitoring products including FamilySecure.com, today announced its support of The Joyful Feast, a fundraising event designed to celebrate The Joyful Child Foundation's accomplishments and raise funds to expand its efforts to prevent predatory crimes against children. The event takes place Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at The Grove of Anaheim, Calif. and features a live, half-hour acoustic performance by Grammy-winning artist Cyndi Lauper.

The Joyful Child Foundation is a nonprofit, for public benefit organization dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse and abduction through programs that unite and uplift communities. The foundation was inspired by the life of Samantha Runnion, whose life was cut short after being abducted in front of her Orange County, Calif.

Free steps towards protecting your ID

Thanks to a new law in Maryland, you can now request the three major credit reporting agencies not give out your credit report. It is just the newest way to protect you from identity theft. It will cost you $15, a five dollar fee from each credit reporting agencies. But there are two other steps you can take to guard your good name and they are both free.You see ads all the time promising you a free credit report. Those ads are all too familiar to Angie Barnett, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland. “It is all over the internet, we find them everywhere, I'm listening to the radio, you hear it constantly." But Barnett warns buyers beware. She says, “that you can get these free credit reports but what they are going to do is give you something you can already get for free then secondly they are going to try to sell you a bundle or package of services that are directly related to protecting you from identity theft." She goes on to say that those services are steps you can take on your own without paying.The federal government requires all three of the major credit reporting agencies, Transunion, Experian and Equifax, to give you a free copy of your report once a year. There is only one place on the internet where you can do that and it is http://www.annualcreditreport.com“We encourage people to be sure you stagger it," says Barnett.

11/1 TNA Impact review by Wilkenfeld: Awesome show with a stellar main ...

Okay, it's a new week, and a new start. Let's see if TNA can win me back. I'm optimistic. [Opening Credits] The Angles make their way out to the ring. Kurt claims that the Genesis main-event is a classic ploy to get the title off a "beloved champion." The crowd is hot, mixing in "Angle sucks!" and "We want Nash" chants. Angle says he'll figure out who Sting's mystery partner is, because he has two degrees, watches CSI, Law and Order, and 24. Sting says that his partner is a former WWE and WCW champion, and someone who doesn't much like Kurt. How awesome will it be if Jericho swerves everyone and comes to TNA? Kurt says that those clues don't make sense, since everyone who knows Kurt likes him. Nash comes out to take issue with that universal generalization, pointing out that Kurt should perhaps be less worried about Sting's partner and more worried about his own.

Majoras Refuses to Recuse Herself in Google-DoubleClick Review

Updated: The FTC chair denies any conflict of interest in reviewing the proposed merger between the online advertising giants.Federal Trade Commission Chair Deborah Platt Majoras refused Dec. 14 to recuse herself in the agencys review of the proposed $3.1 billion merger of online advertising giants Google and DoubleClick.

Her refusal received the full support of her four fellow FTC commissioners.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy questioned Majoras impartiality in the merger review in a Dec. 12 filing with the FTC. The groups claimed Majoras husband, John M. Majoras, is an equity partner at the powerful Washington law firm Jones Day, which EPIC and CDD said is representing DoubleClick in the merger review.

Click here to read more about the EPIC and CDD petition.