Released: September 04, 2008

Free credit monitoring from TransUnion

Source: Michelle Singletary, Washington Post (Free Registration)

In a class-action settlement, the credit bureau TransUnion has agreed to provide free credit-monitoring services to millions of consumers to settle claims that it illegally passed along private information for marketing purposes.

Although TransUnion denied any wrongdoing, the settlement requires the company to sign up consumers for either six months or nine months of monitoring.

Unless you’ve been a conscientious objector to all forms of borrowing in the last 21 years, you’re probably eligible for the monitoring service. But the deadline to sign up is fast approaching. You have until Sept. 24 to register for benefits under the settlement.

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