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• Access to your credit score. Your credit score provides potential creditors with a numerical indication of how likely you are to repay borrowed money. Based upon information found within your credit report, this number helps lenders, insurance companies, and other businesses decide whether or not to do business with you. The credit bureaus are required to provide your credit score if you request it, however it may come with a small fee attached. With our service, you'll receive a free, updated credit score every 90 days.
• Notification when your credit information is used against you. If your application for insurance coverage, auto loan, mortgage, or other type of credit is denied, the lender must inform you of the decision. They must also provide the contact information of the credit bureau that gave them access to your report.
• The right to dispute information on your credit report. Incomplete or false information can drag your credit score down. In addition to viewing your credit report, the FCRA allows you to trigger an investigation with the credit bureaus if you spot an error. Once the information is verified as false or inaccurate, it must be deleted or corrected within 30 days. Keep in mind that our service demands that creditors and bureaus uphold two additional reporting standards pursuant to other applicable laws -fairness and substantiation - in addition to simple accuracy.
• The right to delete outdated information. Negative citations such as collections and bankruptcies can remain on your credit report for a maximum of 7 to 10 years. After this time period has passed, the credit bureaus must remove them from your report. Remember, though, that there is no minimum reporting period, so creditors or credit bureaus can remove information even earlier if they choose to do so.