Javascript is not supported with the current browser you are using. Providing consumers of notice about activity on their credit file with unmatched speed, the product also empowers consumers to manage their personal credit more effectively. Equifax Credit Watch's 24-hour credit profile monitoring service provides consumers with a quick, unique level of identity theft detection. A change in a person's credit file, which the person did not initiate, can be an early warning of identity theft. That's why it's increasingly important for consumers to manage and track their credit efficiently, utilizing secure technologies and products that will enhance the security of their transactions and consumer identity.
Experts say some victims of identity theft can suffer years of financial and emotional distress.
It then took the victim many months to fully resolve the problems caused directly by the identity theft. A federal crime since 1998, experts say identity theft has reached epidemic proportions in recent years. Evidence of identity theft continues to mount with news reports such as a recent article citing a Forrester Research report stating that the Federal Trade Commission, charged with helping consumers whose identities have been misappropriated, received 100 to 200 calls a week when it opened its toll-free help lines in November 1999. With over a century of experience dealing with sensitive consumer information, Equifax understands the importance of providing a secure consumer environment. And because Equifax has harnessed secure technology in products that actively help consumers identify, reduce and resolve credit related problems, consumers now have viable solutions to their information privacy concerns.