Applying a security freeze prohibits LexisNexis Risk Solutions from releasing your LexisNexis Consumer Disclosure Report or your credit score without your express authorization. The security freeze is designed to prevent credit, loans, and services from being approved in your name without your consent. However, a security freeze does not apply to companies, or collection agencies acting on behalf of such companies, with which you have an existing account that requests information in your consumer report for the purposes of reviewing or collecting the account. Reviewing the account includes activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements. LexisNexis Risk Solutions does not charge a fee to apply, lift or remove a security freeze from your file.
All security freezes that are requested through this portal will only be in place at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and not other credit reporting agencies. For example, the security freeze will not be in place at TransUnion, Equifax, Experian, Innovis or others.
A consumer has the right, pursuant to state law, to request a security freeze be placed on certain LexisNexis Risk Solutions reports, and for LexisNexis Risk Solutions to not release those reports without the consumer lifting the security freeze. When this occurs, a customer that inquires on the consumer receives only a notification that the consumer has placed a security freeze on their file.
A security freeze has the following effects on a consumer's report:
LexisNexis Risk Solutions offers security freezes–and lifts security freezes–free of charge.
Security freeze laws determine when a company is allowed to access a consumer's information. Even if a security freeze is in place, information can still be shared if the request meets one of these allowed reasons, and a record of the request will appear on the consumer's report. If the request does not meet an allowed reason, no information will be shared.
The actual alert that appears on a consumer's report appears below:
The subject of this consumer report currently has a security freeze on file preventing the return of the information you requested. If the consumer would like their security freeze lifted, please instruct them to call LexisNexis Risk Solutions at 1-800-456-1244.
You can request your security freeze, or temporarily lift or permanently remove your security freeze, as well as order a replacement PIN for either yourself, a minor child (under the age of 16), or a protected consumer using our online Security Freeze Forms. To make your security freeze request online, select the correct option below:
Once we have verified and processed your request, you will receive a letter in the U.S. Mail confirming that your request has been completed.
You can request your security freeze via U.S. Mail using the address below:
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Center
Attn: Security Freeze
P.O. Box 105108
Atlanta, GA 30348-5108
You can request your security freeze via phone at 1-800-456-1244.
Read about your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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