Your credit score influences more than you might realize. From interest rates to the cost of insurance, your score is an invisible hand that can quietly chart a course for your life. It’s important to ...

Experian's free credit monitoring service may work well for you, but its paid features go above and beyond other credit apps. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating ...

There’s not much of a silver lining in the Equifax disaster, but it’s reminded us just how important it is to keep tabs on your credit. More than ever, credit monitoring is essential to making sure ...

Mozilla is rolling out a tool that can automatically monitor data brokers for your personal information and scrub any of your exposed details from them. Mozilla Monitor Plus expands on the Mozilla ...

Credit monitoring services can track and alert you of potential fraud on your credit reports, but many programs charge a monthly fee. While there are free credit monitoring services, they often have ...

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In the wake of the Equifax hack, which occurred from mid-May to July 29 and was revealed in early September, many consumers have been asking a question that often comes up whenever identity theft ...

Mozilla has launched a new service called Mozilla Monitor to keep your personal data off the web. Credit: Getty Images Have you ever googled yourself and found a slew of results from "people finder" ...

Michelle Lambright Black, Founder of CreditWriter.com and HerCreditMatters.com, is a leading credit expert and personal finance writer with nearly two decades of experience in the credit industry. She ...

When you purchase a home security system, one of the biggest decisions you’ll face is whether to spring for live professional monitoring. This service can add significantly to the total cost of the ...