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38 States Call on Experian and TransUnion to Drop Credit Freeze Fees in Wake of Equifax Breach
HousingWire, Oct. 13, 2017–Ben Lane
Earlier this week, the attorneys general for 38 states sent letters to Experian and TransUnion, calling on the credit reporting agencies to stop charging consumers to freeze their credit. Each state has different rules around credit freezes, but in some states, it costs $10 to place a credit freeze on their account and another $10 if they want to lift the freeze.