The Electronic Privacy Information Center has published a list of consumer privacy tips. Among those on the list: request a free copy of your credit report.
All Americans are now entitled to a free credit report from each of the three nationwide credit reporting agencies, Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union. You can engage in a free form of credit monitoring by requesting one of your three reports every four months. By staggering your request, you can check for errors regularly and identify potential problems in your credit report before you lose out on a loan or home purchase. Currently, these reports are available to residents of most western states. By September 2005, all Americans will have free access to their credit report.
You can get more information, as well as a link to the page to request a report, from this site.
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