Sometimes It Lasts For A Year

When retailers like Target get hacked and lose million and millions of customers' data, they usually apologize and offer a year or so of credit monitoring services to make amends. With Neiman Marcus, Michaels and Home Depot also struggling with data breaches, there's no reason to wait for them to throw you a bone. Here's how you can monitor your own credit, for free, for as long as you want. It's not the same as transaction monitoring or fraud alerts, but it's great at catching identity theft, as long as it happens while your accounts are being monitored.

If someone opens a new account in your name, or maxes out one of your credit cards before you notice it, a monitoring service can alert you and your banks to take the appropriate action. The bigger issue with retailer-offered credit monitoring is that it's temporary. Sometimes it lasts for a year, maybe two if you're lucky.

Some of the smaller companies tap out at six months because they can't afford to pay one of the big credit bureaus what it costs to monitor customer credit for longer than that. Unfortunately, in any case, it's usually ineffective because the data thieves that took the information are often more interested in selling the data than using it themselves.

While we're not saying you shouldn't take up a company or an organization on their free credit monitoring if it's offered, we are saying that the limitations are fairly obvious. Plus, there are ways to monitor your own account like a hawk without having to put more energy or effort into it than you probably already do. Let's take a look at some of them. If they don't offer it themselves, they may have a preferred partner or company that they work with, who's willing to offer perpetual credit monitoring services beyond what you'll get from a bare-bones retailer's offer.

Most banks offer account alerts and notifications if certain transactions take place or conditions are met. For example, Wells Fargo can notify you if there's a transaction on any of your accounts for over a given dollar amount, if there are any internet or telephone transactions, and if your account hits a specific dollar amount. Capital One can notify you if you've made any international purchases, or if you make any purchases above a given dollar amount. We've mentioned before that grey charges can pop up anytime, and even look legitimate if you're not watching carefully. Finally, it's important to manage your credit reputation.

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In choosing a credit monitoring service, it's important to think about how you want to use this tool. It can be used to cut down on the chances of identity theft and credit errors, or just to stay as informed as possible about how your credit is affected by what you do.

Lots of things, like marital status, interstate moves, and new bank accounts, can affect your credit. A credit monitoring service can help you stay aware of the changes that are taking place. Knowing what's happening with your finances every day can be the difference between saving up or getting lost in red tape and account volatility.

A good credit monitoring service will be a handy helper at your side, not another burden on your bottom line. Someone getting into a contract with a credit monitoring service should consider how credit report monitoring works. Although bank account holders generally know how and when they're putting money into various accounts, a credit monitoring service can show how those transactions end up appearing on a personal credit report.

A credit monitoring service should be comprehensive. When a member signs up, the service should apply to all three credit agencies. Some credit monitoring services only include one of the three agencies, and credit items not reported to that agency can still have the same effects on an overall credit score.

Linking to all three national credit agencies — TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax — is a valuable service to consumers who need to know about all of their credit history. Customers should also be aware of what credit monitoring services will cost them. Some companies offering "free" credit reports will charge a credit card indefinitely for a one-time service. Hidden fees can pop up in all kinds of ways, including charges for each credit check or monthly fees. Make sure the charges are stated upfront in a credit monitoring service agreement.