Defend Your Dollars http://www.defendyourdollars.org/ Defend Your Dollars is the website of the Consumers Union Financial Services Campaign, where we support reforms to the financial marketplace to curb bad practices by banks and lenders. en Copyright 2012 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:48:17 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wrestling with the credit bureaus: One consumer's cautionary tale Red Tape Chronicles featured a credit error horror story. His pain can be an important lesson for you to fix any credit errors you may find.

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]]> http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/09/calling_all_creative_shutter_b.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/09/calling_all_creative_shutter_b.html Blog Post Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:27:09 -0800 Credit Reports and Scoring http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_reports_and_scoring.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_reports_and_scoring.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:17:10 -0800 Credit and Your Consumer Rights http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_and_your_consumer_right.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/credit_and_your_consumer_right.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:16:30 -0800 California: Credit Repair Services http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/california_credit_repair_servi.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/california_credit_repair_servi.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:15:29 -0800 What is Credit Monitoring? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_credit_monitoring.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_credit_monitoring.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:13:16 -0800 What is a Credit Score? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_a_credit_score.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_is_a_credit_score.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:08:12 -0800 Do I need to buy anything in order to get my free consumer credit reports? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/do_i_need_to_buy_anything_in_o.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/do_i_need_to_buy_anything_in_o.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:06:35 -0800 What can the consumer credit reporting agencies do with my personally identifiable information? http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_can_the_consumer_credit_r.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/what_can_the_consumer_credit_r.html Tips Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:04:32 -0800