'Security Risk' Blocks U.S. Troops Overseas From Free Credit Report Site; No Free Online Access for Millions of Americans.

AScribe Law News Service, October, 2007

Byline: Consumers Union

YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Millions of U.S. citizens outside the country -- including several hundred thousand members of the armed forces -- are not permitted to see their personal credit information on the Web site set up by law to provide free access, over security concerns that an offshore user might create.

Four years ago, the U.S. Congress mandated creating the http://www.annualcreditreport.com site that gives consumers free access to one report per year from each of the three major credit agencies, Equifax, Experian and ...