Equifax is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the world, with data covering more than 800 million consumers and approaching 90 million businesses across the globe.
Equifax Credit Report and Score is a commercial product which enables monitoring your credit score and report. Bonus identity protection features include alerts whenever there’s a significant change to your credit report, while Equifax WebDetect monitors the internet for your personal information.
Pricing is almost identical to Experian and the other big-name competition: Credit Report and Score is free for 30 days, £14.95 ($21) a month after that.
Equifax’s reputation took a major hit in 2017 when it revealed a massive data breach which allowed hackers to obtain sensitive information – names, birth dates, addresses, social security numbers and more – on over 140 million US consumers, plus this incident impacted others in the UK.
Does this mean you shouldn’t trust the company? The hack certainly indicates some fundamental security issues at the time, but that doesn’t mean they’re present now. If anything, the need to show the company is getting a handle on its security situation could mean Equifax is now …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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