A US District Judge has ruled that Lifelock are illegally placing fraud alerts on its customers credit reports. Judge Andrew Guilford ruled that while the Fair Credit Reporting Act allowed fraud alerts to be placed by individuals, it did not allow companies to do so. “Experian argues that by using the term ‘consumer’ rather than ‘person’ in (the FCRA), Congress expressly excused... »

Whenever I read a blog post where someone is pointing out the Lifelock scam there is always at least one comment that goes along the lines of: "I am well aware it is possible to carry out the identity theft prevention measures myself thank you very much but as Lifelock only costs me a few dollars a week why should I?" Well,... »