This page contains the five most recent stories from ACCESS. http://www.guardmycreditfile.org Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:35:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/images/M_images/rss.png http://www.guardmycreditfile.org This page contains the five most recent stories from ACCESS. http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1286/138/ March 10, 2010 - Citibank sent out 600,000 notifications to its customers last month to warn them about a large data breach. The bank inadvertently published customer Social Security Numbers on the exterior of envelopes containing year-end tax data. Identity Theft - Your Rights Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:48 +0100 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1285/48/ March 9, 2010 - Beginning on April 5th, the next big bank bailout to be paid for by taxpayers will launch. The official name it has been given by the Obama administration is the Home Affordability Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA) program. Unofficially, it can be referred to as Cash of Keys. The program is being paid for by taxpayers and it provides money to mortgage servicers and to troubled homeowners. But the biggest beneficiaries of the program are likely to be lenders who are getting bailed out a second time. The only real difference this time is that the government is attempting to disguise the program as something else.   Politics & Politicians - Federal Issues Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:38:59 +0100 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1284/154/ March 5, 2010 - When it comes to protecting your identity from crooks, you always need to remain vigilant. There are two ID theft scams that are becoming more and more popular that our readers need to be aware of. One of them preys on desperate job seekers. The other on virtually anyone. Both of them can catch their victims completely off guard. Fraud and Scams - Fraud Alerts Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:52:55 +0100 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1283/50/ March 4, 2010 - The Federal Reserve is proposing new credit card rules that would limit fees that banks can charge credit card holders. The rules are the last portion of legislation enacted by Congress to place certain limits on banks with regard to interest rates and fees. Most of the new regulations went into effect last month, with the remaining rules to go into effect in August. As a part of the rule making process, the public can comment on the rules. We strongly encourage our readers to participate in this process. Credit Issues - In The News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:41:02 +0100 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1282/48/ March 3, 2010 - Tomorrow morning, the latest job numbers are due to be released by the federal government. They are expected to be bleak and the White House is now in full-on finger pointing mode. But they aren't pointing the finger where you might think. They're not blaming those pesky Republicans or tea baggers. They're not singling out individual members of Congress that they consider to be obstructionist. No, they are blaming the weather; specifically the snow fall that has blanketed much of the country. Who would have thought that with global warming being such a big problem that snow could possibly result in an additional 100,000 or so job losses? Maybe we should track down Al Gore to explain how this all works! Politics & Politicians - Federal Issues Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:52:13 +0100