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U.S. Govt. Stipulates Free Annual Credit Reports

Posted by samzenpus on from the should-have-paid-your-student-loan dept.

alue writes "Under the terms of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act, passed last year, and amid growing concerns over privacy and disclosure of sensitive financial data, the three leading credit reporting agencies must provide consumers with a free summary once a year of all credit information on file for that person. Consumers in 13 Western states will be able to grab free online copies of their credit reports starting Wednesday."

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  1. A better question: by rhadamanthus · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you think the US government's credit report would look like?

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  2. Re:Now my question is.. by CokeBear · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you've hit on a new definition of free. We all know "Free as in Free Speech" and "Free as in Free Beer", I propose a new category: "Free as in Free iPod" defined as something that is advertised as free, but actually involves a pyramid scheme or some other scam that makes it non-free.

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  3. Re:presumably because by XMyth · · Score: 4, Funny

    UH HUH

    888-567-8688

    888-FAT-GIRL

    yea, right. I'm not falling for that one. again