Revised October 11, 2011
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms and Conditions" or "Agreement") apply to all: (a) transactions between you and ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. ("CIC") all transactions through the www.freecreditscore.com website and all other websites owned and operated by CIC, including, but not limited to, your purchase of the membership based products known as freecreditscore.com, freecreditreport.comTM, creditscore.comTM, creditreport.comTM, Triple AdvantageSM, TripleAlertSM, CreditCheck®, Credit ManagerSM, CreditCheck® Deluxe, CreditCheck® Premium, CreditCheck® Total, ChildSecureSM and CardSafe™, and non-membership based Products such as the 3 Bureau Credit Report, Instant Single Credit Report, PLUS Score®, Statutory PLUS Score and Free Experian Credit Report (collectively, the "Products"); (b) your access to and use of the websites located at www.freecreditscore.com (the "Product Website"); and (d) your access to and use of calculators, credit resources, text, pictures, graphics, logos, button items, icons, images, works of authorship and other information and all revisions, modifications, and enhancements thereto (the "Content").
YOUR ORDER OF, USE OF, AND ACCESS TO, THE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT WEBSITES AND CONTENT ARE SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. YOUR ORDER OF, ACCEPTANCE OF, USE OF, AND/OR ACCESS TO, THE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT WEBSITES AND/OR CONTENT CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OR CONDITIONS, DO NOT ORDER, USE OR ACCESS ANY PRODUCT, PRODUCT WEBSITE OR CONTENT, OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE PRODUCT, PRODUCT WEBSITE, OR CONTENT, DISCARD THE PRODUCTS YOU RECEIVED IMMEDIATELY AND CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE TO CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
This Agreement may be updated from time to time. Online customers should check the Product Websites regularly for updates to these Terms and Conditions. Each time you order, access or use any of the Products, Product Websites, and/or Content, you signify your acceptance and agreement, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by the then current Agreement.
In consideration of your order of, access to, and/or use of any Product, Product Website, and/or Content you agree to provide true, accurate, complete and current information about yourself and any minor children you are enrolling, or have enrolled, in any Product, when prompted to do so by the registration and application forms or requested to do so by CIC. By registering, you certify that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older. If any information you provide is untrue, inaccurate or not current, or if CIC has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate or not current, CIC, at its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your order of, use of, and/or access to, any Product, Product Website and/or Content, and refuse all current or future orders of, use of, and/or access to, any Product, Product Website and/or Content, or suspend or terminate any portion thereof. Further, you agree that CIC will not be liable to you, your minor children or any third party if CIC suspends or terminates your order of, use of, or access to any Product, Product Websites or Content, or any portion thereof, for any reason.
You understand and agree that by submitting your order you are providing "written instructions" in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as amended ("FCRA"), for CIC to obtain information from your personal credit profile from Experian or any other credit reporting company and to obtain information from the personal credit profile, if any, of any minor child whom you have enrolled in ChildSecureSM. You authorize CIC to access your credit profile (and those of any minor children whom you have enrolled in ChildSecureSM) to verify your identity (or those of any minor children whom you have enrolled in ChildSecureSM) and to provide credit monitoring, credit reporting, credit scoring, credit score monitoring and tracking, identity monitoring, fraud resolution and card registry products. You also authorize CIC to access your credit profile (or those of any minor children whom you have enrolled in ChildSecureSM) to perform other functions related to providing the product(s) that you have ordered or may order, including to verify your identity or any certification that you may be required to make.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS, DISPUTES OR CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN YOU (OR ANY OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) AND CIC, AND ITS PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES OR RELATED COMPANIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TORT AND CONTRACT CLAIMS, CLAIMS BASED UPON ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL STATUTE, LAW, ORDER, ORDINANCE OR REGULATION, AND THE ISSUE OF ARBITRABILITY, SHALL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION AT A LOCATION DETERMINED BY THE ARBITRATOR. ANY CONTROVERSY CONCERNING WHETHER A DISPUTE IS ARBITRABLE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE ARBITRATOR AND NOT BY THE COURT. JUDGMENT UPON ANY AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF. THIS ARBITRATION CONTRACT IS MADE PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND ITS INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION, ENFORCEMENT AND PROCEEDINGS HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT ("FAA"). NEITHER YOU (NOR ANY OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) NOR CIC SHALL BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST OTHER CONSUMERS OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. THE PARTIES VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL.
The FCRA allows you to obtain a copy of all of the information in your consumer credit file disclosure from any consumer credit reporting company for a reasonable charge. The FCRA also states that individuals are entitled to receive a disclosure directly from the consumer credit reporting company free of charge under the following circumstances:
The FCRA also permits consumers to dispute inaccurate information in their credit report without charge. Accurate information cannot be changed. You do not have to purchase your credit report or other information from CIC to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your Experian file or to receive a copy of your Experian consumer disclosure.
The credit report you are requesting from CIC is not intended to constitute the disclosure of Experian information required by the FCRA or similar state laws. Experian's National Consumer Assistance Center provides a proprietary consumer disclosure that is different from the consumer credit report provided by CIC. This disclosure report must be obtained directly from Experian by going to www.experian.com/dispute, or by calling 888-EXPERIAN.
The FCRA allows consumers to get one free comprehensive disclosure of all of the information in their credit file from each of the three national credit reporting companies (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) once every 12 months through a central source. Georgia residents can receive two disclosures per year. Although comprehensive, the credit reports from each of the three national credit reporting companies that are available from CIC may not have the same information as a credit report obtained directly from the three national credit reporting companies or through the central source. To request your free annual report under the FCRA, you must go to www.annualcreditreport.com, or call 877-322-8228. CIC's Products are not related to the free FCRA disclosure that you are or may be entitled to.
CIC may, at its discretion, modify or discontinue any of the Products, Product Websites or Content, or any portion thereof, with or without notice. You agree that CIC will not be liable to you, your minor children or any third party for any modification or discontinuance of any of the Products, Product Websites or Content.
For online customers, access to and use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Product Websites are restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Product Websites may be subject to prosecution.
Failure to comply with the FCRA can result in state or federal enforcement actions, as well as private lawsuits. In addition, any person who knowingly and willfully obtains a consumer credit report or disclosure under false pretenses may face criminal prosecution.
Because CIC uses security measures designed to protect your privacy and to safeguard your information, CIC may not always be able to successfully provide Products to you, including instant online delivery of your credit report for online customers. For example, for certain online Products, when the system is unable to verify your identity, you may be routed through a manual authentication process. After your identity has been verified, CIC will send a private access code via U.S. mail to the address in your credit file, which you can use to access your report online. This process is normally completed within five (5) to seven (7) days. For other products, CIC cannot offer a manual authentication process and will be unable to fulfill your order if you fail online authentication one or more times. Additionally, in the case of off-line customers, CIC will mail your credit report to the best address listed on your credit file as a security measure. If you are not able to access your mail at that location, CIC cannot provide any Products to you.
CIC may use your personal information to the extent necessary to process your order and/or engage in business maintenance.
By submitting your order, you acknowledge receipt of our Privacy Notice and agree to its terms.
You must have an email address and a Java-compatible browser to receive your Products online. As an online customer, you are agreeing to receive all notifications via email at the email address on file with CIC. To ensure receipt of all notifications, service alerts, and other important messages related to your account, you are obligated to confirm the validity of your email address by following the directions CIC provides you. Additionally, you are obligated to update the email address on file when your email address changes. In the event that CIC is unable to deliver email messages to you, you agree to accept product notifications in an alternative method, such as direct mail or SMS messages. We strongly encourage you to select SMS messaging as an alternative method of receiving notifications and alerts. You may select this method by accessing your member homepage online and changing your Alert Settings. Please note, mobile messaging rates may apply. All service alerts are also accessible online in your Alerts Center of your account. In the event CIC is unable to deliver email messages to you, you agree that the Product will be fulfilled at the price agreed upon when you placed your order.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT WEBSITES AND CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ALL PRODUCTS, PRODUCT WEBSITES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. CIC AND ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES [OTHER THAN THE "freecreditscore.com GUARANTEE" OR THE "CardSafe™ GUARANTEE" DESCRIBED WITHIN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS] AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT WEBSITES, CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS YOU MAY RECEIVE FROM CIC DO NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL, TAX, ACCOUNTING OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. OTHER THAN TO THE EXTENT MADE IN THE "freecreditscore.com GUARANTEE" OR THE CardSafe™ GUARANTEE DESCRIBED WITHIN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, CIC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE PRODUCTS AND CONTENT ARE ACCURATE, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; AND (II) ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS OR CONTENT WILL BE RELIABLE.
If you are using an activation code to obtain a Product, you are restricted to a one-time use of such activation code. Any subsequent use of the activation code will result in immediate termination of any associated Products without notice and in accordance with the termination provision(s) in the section entitled "Use of the Products," found herein.
Please note that if you improperly obtain a Product with an activation code, any credit card number you may have provided to us will also be charged with the fee for the Product that was obtained improperly.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CIC WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR ANY OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO YOUR ACCESS TO, USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT WEBSITES, CONTENT OR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS, OR FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE UPON ANY LINKED WEB SITE (IF APPLICABLE), EVEN IF CIC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS EITHER DO NOT ALLOW OR PLACE RESTRICTIONS UPON THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF DAMAGES IN CERTAIN TYPES OF AGREEMENTS; FOR THESE JURISDICTIONS, THE AFOREMENTIONED LIMITATION ON LIABILITY SHALL BE TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, LIABILITY IS IMPOSED UPON CIC, THEN YOU AGREE THAT CIC'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU (AND ANY OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) FOR ANY OR ALL OF YOUR LOSSES OR INJURIES (OR THOSE OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) FROM CIC'S ACTS OR OMISSIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE CLAIM, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO CIC FOR THE PRODUCT(S) YOU PURCHASE FROM CIC (EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT AMOUNTS MAY BE RECOVERABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE "freecreditscore.com GUARANTEE" OR THE "CardSafe™ GUARANTEE" DESCRIBED WITHIN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS).
CIC offers access to your credit report, your PLUS Score®, and other credit information. CIC and its affiliates are not credit repair organizations, and are not offering to sell, provide or perform any service to you for the express or implied purpose of either improving your credit record, credit history or credit rating or providing advice or assistance to you with regard to improving your credit record, credit history or credit rating. You acknowledge and agree that you are not seeking to purchase, use, or access any of the Products, Product Websites, and Content in order to do so.
Accurate adverse information on your credit report cannot be changed. If you believe that your credit report contains inaccurate, non-fraudulent information, it is your responsibility to contact the relevant credit reporting company, and follow the appropriate procedures for notifying the credit reporting company that you believe that your credit report contains an inaccuracy. Any information provided to you regarding the procedures followed by the various credit reporting companies related to the removal of inaccurate, non-fraudulent information is provided without charge to you and is available for free. Any such information is not included as part of your credit monitoring product but is provided free of charge to all consumers, regardless of whether they are members of the credit score monitoring product.
The PLUS Score, with scores ranging from 330 to 830, is a user-friendly credit score model developed by Experian to help you see and understand how lenders view your credit worthiness. It is not used by lenders, but it is indicative of your overall credit risk. Higher scores represent a greater likelihood that you’ll pay back your debts so you are viewed as being a lower credit risk to lenders. A lower score indicates to lenders that you may be a higher credit risk.
There are three different major credit reporting agencies, Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax that maintain a record of your credit history known as your credit file. Your Credit Score is based on the information in your credit file at the time it is requested. Your credit file information can vary from agency to agency because some lenders report your credit history to only one or two of the agencies. So your credit score can vary if the information they have on file for you is different. And since the information in your file can change over time, your Credit Score may be different from day-to-day.
Lenders and insurers use several different credit scoring models so don't be surprised if your lender gives you a score that’s different from the PLUS Score you receive online. Just remember that your associated risk level is generally the same even if the number is not. If the lender’s score is lower than your online score, it is possible that this difference can lead to higher interest rates and sometimes credit denial.
To request a credit report or score, or purchase any Product, you must have an address within the United States, provide a valid Social Security number, address, email address and date of birth and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. In other limited circumstances, you may need to provide a valid telephone number so that CIC can process your order. You must provide valid credit card information. CIC will then evaluate your complete registration information.
In certain jurisdictions sales tax at state and local rates may apply, in which case you may be charged the applicable taxes in addition to the monthly fee and/or the price of the product.
CIC is not able to accept and process joint registration for two or more adults. Neither your spouse nor any other adult will be enrolled in any Product pursuant to your order.
(Applicable for the following products: freecreditscore.comTM, freecreditreport.com®, creditscore.comTM, creditreport.comTM, TripleAdvantageSM, TripleAlertSM, CreditCheck® Monitoring, Credit ManagerSM, CreditCheck® Deluxe, CreditCheck® Premium, CreditCheck® Total and ChildSecureSM.)
Please note, there are different processing times across the credit reporting companies, therefore you may not be enrolled in all of them at the same time. Monitoring with Experian begins within 48 hours of enrollment in your free trial. Monitoring with Equifax and/or TransUnion takes approximately 4 days to begin, though in some cases cannot be initiated during the trial period (if a trial period applies). CIC does not control and is not responsible for the enrollment process.
This web site may offer you the opportunity to upgrade your credit monitoring benefit from single-bureau monitoring to two-bureau or three-bureau monitoring. An additional monthly fee may apply. Only if you have previously upgraded your credit monitoring benefit to two-bureau or three-bureau monitoring will you have the opportunity to downgrade the benefit. You may do so by calling Customer Care at 1-877-300-2506. If you upgrade for a fee and opt to downgrade, your monthly membership will be updated in the next billing cycle to reflect the correct benefit and membership fee. You will not be entitled to a refund, pro-rated or otherwise, if you choose to downgrade your monitoring benefit or cancel the product.
When you order a single bureau credit monitoring product from CIC, CIC requests that Experian enroll you in its credit monitoring program. When you order a credit monitoring product from CIC that monitors credit files at two or three credit bureaus, CIC requests that Experian, Equifax and/or TransUnion enroll you in their credit monitoring programs.
Your order of any single bureau credit monitoring product is conditioned upon successful enrollment by Experian in its credit monitoring program; if Experian is not able to enroll you, your order will be cancelled and you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to your Experian credit file. Your order of any two-bureau or three-bureau credit monitoring product (monitoring credit files at two or three credit bureaus) is conditioned upon successful enrollment by at least one credit bureau in its credit monitoring program. If no credit bureau is able to enroll you in its credit monitoring program, your order will be cancelled, and you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to any of your credit files. In the event that only one or two credit bureaus, but not all credit bureaus requested, are able to enroll you in their credit monitoring, credit monitoring will be provided by the bureau or bureaus that were able to enroll you; you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to the credit files of the bureau or bureaus that were not able to enroll you in their credit monitoring program. In the event you order a two-bureau or three-bureau credit monitoring product, by placing your order, you agree that, if fewer than all credit bureaus requested enroll you in their credit monitoring, CIC is authorized to monitor only the credit files at the bureau or bureaus that enrolled you. Any such credit monitoring will be provided at the price agreed upon; you will not be eligible for a price reduction, discount or refund. CIC will notify you in the event that fewer than all requested credit bureaus enroll you in credit monitoring, but such notification may not occur during your trial period (if a trial period applies).
Credit Monitoring Membership With Free Trial (Applicable to Single-Bureau Credit Monitoring): You will be asked for valid credit card information when you sign up for the free credit monitoring trial. CIC will verify your credit card information before processing your order. An authorization in the amount of one dollar will be performed on your credit card, to make sure it is valid and in good standing, but CIC will not actually bill your card until the free trial period has passed. However, the one dollar authorization may count against your credit or debit limit. If you do not cancel your free trial membership within 7 days of the date you place your order, your membership will continue automatically and the monthly/annual fee will be billed to the credit card or other billing source provided by you when you enrolled in credit monitoring, on the first day of each successive membership term. The credit monitoring benefit may only be available for 5 days during your trial period; however, other product features and benefits will be available to you during your entire trial period. If you purchase additional credit reports and/or scores during your trial period, they will be billed to the credit or debit card provided to us during enrollment. In the event that you purchase additional products from CIC using a different credit or debit card, or if you update your payment information with CIC, CIC will charge the latest card provided by you. Please note, if you have ever been a member and received a free trial, CIC may refuse to give you another free trial offer. Returning members will be billed the membership fee immediately upon renewal. During your trial period, you are eligible for one report and/or score as dictated by your specific membership terms.
Credit Monitoring Membership With Free Trial (Applicable to Multi-Bureau Credit Monitoring): You will be asked for valid credit card information when you sign up for the free credit monitoring trial. CIC will verify your credit card information before processing your order. An authorization in the amount of one dollar will be performed on your credit card, to make sure it is valid and in good standing, but CIC will not actually bill your card until the free trial period has passed. However, the one dollar authorization may count against your credit or debit limit. Because enrollment in monitoring with the bureaus may be delayed, we will start your 7-day free trial 48 hours after you enroll. Therefore, you may cancel your trial membership without charge at any time within 9 days of placing your order. If you do not cancel your free trial membership within 9 days of the date you place your order, your membership will continue automatically and the monthly/annual fee will be billed to the credit card or other billing source provided by you when you enrolled in credit monitoring, on the first day of each successive membership term. If you purchase additional credit reports and/or scores during your trial period, they will be billed to the credit or debit card provided to us during enrollment. In the event that you purchase additional products from CIC using a different credit or debit card, or if you update your payment information with CIC, CIC will charge the latest card provided by you. Please note, if you have ever been a member and received a free trial, CIC may refuse to give you another free trial offer. Returning members will be billed the membership fee immediately upon renewal. During your trial period, you are eligible for one report and/or score as dictated by your specific membership terms.
Credit Monitoring Membership Without Trial: The monthly/annual fee for a credit monitoring membership without a trial period will be billed immediately to the credit card or other billing source authorized by you.
Credit Monitoring Membership for a Pre-Defined Term: If you have agreed to a promotional offer for credit monitoring for a pre-defined term, your credit card or other authorized billing source will be billed the promotional membership fee immediately. Your credit monitoring membership will continue for the pre-defined term and membership benefits will expire at the end of this term. If you choose to cancel your monitoring membership during the pre-defined term, you will not be entitled to a refund, prorated or otherwise of the promotional membership fee.
(Applicable for the following products (please consult the associated Product literature and/or Website for included Product features): freecreditscore.comTM, freecreditreport.com®, Experian Credit TrackerTM)
The ID Alerts feature alerts you each day when your personal information is used to verify your identity in a variety of settings and transactions. We will send you an alert each time your information is detected in the method(s) chosen by you; email, sms mobile text message, and/or mobile application. The ID Alerts feature is provided by CIC and a third party vendor. Because this feature is serviced by CIC’s vendor, only those transactions occurring within this vendor’s network will trigger an ID Alert to you. Consequently, neither CIC nor its vendor guarantee that the ID Alerts feature will detect all uses of your personal information during identity verification processes and transactions.
This web site may offer you the opportunity to upgrade your membership to include the ID Alerts feature. An additional monthly fee may apply. Only if you have previously upgraded your membership to include ID Alerts will you have the opportunity to downgrade and remove the feature. You may do so by calling Customer Care at 1-877-300-2506. If you upgrade for a fee and opt to downgrade, your monthly membership will be updated in the next billing cycle to reflect the correct benefits and membership fee. You will not be entitled to a refund, pro-rated or otherwise, if you choose to downgrade and remove the ID Alerts feature or cancel the product.
Enrollment in CHILDSECURESM
Your order of ChildSecureSM is conditioned upon your order of freecreditscore.com and your successful enrollment in Experian's credit monitoring program. If Experian is not able to enroll you in its credit monitoring program, your entire order - including any pending orders of ChildSecureSM to monitor the identities of minor children - will be cancelled and you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to your credit files nor alerts or monitoring regarding the identities of your enrolled minor children.
If you are successfully enrolled in ChildSecureSM, credit monitoring alerts will be delivered to the email address or the mailing address that was given to CIC when you enrolled. It is your responsibility to update your address if it should change.
CHILDSECURESM - Billing and Refunds
Your membership in ChildSecureSM is effective for the period covered by your membership fee and continues upon your payment of the monthly/annual renewal fee. Renewal fees for your membership will automatically be charged, at the then current rate, to the credit card or other billing source authorized by you, on the first day of each successive membership term, until you cancel your membership. Should you choose to discontinue your membership for any reason before expiration of the then applicable membership term for which you have paid, you may cancel your membership and terminate further billing by calling the toll-free number listed on this Web Site, or by calling 1-877-300-2506.
If you upgrade to ChildSecureSM during the free trial period for freecreditscore.com you will not be charged for ChildSecureSM until the expiration of your trial. If you cancel ChildSecureSM during your trial period for freecreditscore.com, you will not be charged for that product. If you upgrade to ChildSecureSM after the end of your free trial period in freecreditscore.com and subsequently cancel, your membership and monthly billing will terminate at the end of your monthly billing term and you will not be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of your paid monthly membership fee. CIC reserves the right to change the membership fee for any renewal term to be effective upon the renewal of your membership. CIC is not responsible for any overdraft/over-the-limit charges or bank fees if your account contains insufficient funds when your order is processed and billed. We recommend using a credit card rather than a debit card. Canceling too close to end of trial or renewal date may cause a processing delay and a charge to your account. If you are eligible for a refund, refunds can take seven (7) to ten (10) business days to be processed.
CHILDSECURESM - Monitoring For Children
The monitoring that will be performed regarding minor children enrolled in ChildSecureSM is different than the monitoring for persons over age 18. On a monthly basis, CIC will request an Experian credit report for each enrolled child, and will review that report for any material data (that is, any other data other than personal information such as name, address and Social Security number) that has been returned. If material data exists, CIC will notify you via email alert process within 24 hours of the report being returned to CIC. In the event that material data is found, you agree to provide any documentation that may be requested by CIC, including, but not limited, to a copy of the child's Social Security card, a copy of the child's birth certificate, proof of your identification, and proof of your residence, in order to verify your status as a parent or guardian of the enrolled child, before any information about the material data will be released to you.
Enrollment of Minor Children in CHILDSECURESM
You may enroll up to five (5) minor children for whom you are the parent or guardian through the on-line process. You may enroll additional minor children for whom you are the parent or guardian by contacting customer care at the number published on the Product Website, and providing the requested information and/or documentation including, but not limited to, a valid Social Security number and date of birth for each minor child. In certain circumstances, you may not be permitted to enroll children on-line. In such circumstances, you may enroll children by contacting customer care and following the procedures specified in this paragraph. Children that have reached the age of 17 years and 9 months are not eligible to be enrolled in ChildSecureSM.
Certification as Parent or Guardian of Children Enrolled in CHILDSECURESM
CIC will provide information about a child under 18 years of age only to the child's parent or guardian and only for use to protect the child against fraud, such as the fraudulent opening of credit accounts in your child's name. You certify that you are the parent or guardian of each child whom you have named, or will name, on the enrollment forms for ChildSecureSM, and that you understand and agree that enrollment may require CIC to obtain information about those children from a credit reporting company, and that any information about those children that you obtain from CIC will be used solely for the purpose of protecting against or preventing actual or potential fraud with respect the children whom you are enrolling or have enrolled in ChildSecureSM.<
Automatic Disenrollment of Children From CHILDSECURESM Prior to 18th Birthday
Minor children enrolled by you in ChildSecureSM will be automatically unenrolled within seven (7) days before their eighteenth (18th) birthday, based on the date of birth information provided by you in the enrollment process. After that time period, you will not receive monitoring of any sort regarding that child
(Applicable for the following Products: 3 Bureau Credit Report, Instant Single Credit Report, PLUS Score®, Statutory PLUS Score, Free Experian Credit Report, and VantageScoreSM)
When you use any Product, Product Website and/or Content to access your personal credit report and/or credit score, you are certifying that you understand and agree to the following:
Disclaimers: You acknowledge that the information provided to you through the PLUS Score® and Vantage Score products, including the score factors derived from the elements in your credit history, may change over time as your credit history changes. You also acknowledge that the score factor information on how to manage your credit position assumes there will be no adverse changes in your credit performance. CIC is not responsible for the accuracy or contents of your credit file, including but not limited to information delivered in the credit report and/or score products. Please note that pursuant to section 609f of the FCRA, consumers can obtain their credit score at any time for a statutorily set fee. All of the forgoing terms apply to your Statutory PLUS Score except the 30-day availability. Your Statutory PLUS Score will NOT be available after your initial session has concluded.
(Applicable for the following products: freecreditscore.comTM, freecreditreport.comTM, creditscore.comTM, creditreport.comTM, TripleAdvantageSM, TripleAlertSM, CreditCheck® Deluxe, CreditCheck® Premium, CreditCheck® Total and ChildSecureSM.))
Obtaining Assistance: There are certain steps that you MUST FOLLOW in order to obtain assistance from a fraud resolution representative ("Assistance"). These steps include contacting a Customer Service Representative by calling the number listed in the My Credit Center area on this Web Site, or for offline customers, by calling 1-877-300-2506. Additional information about requesting Assistance can also be found in the My Credit Center area.
If you are a victim of identity theft, which is hereby defined as the act of knowingly transferring or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law or a felony under applicable state or local law ("Identity Theft"), and you incur problems or suffer damages, you should call the number listed in the My Credit Center area on this Web Site, or call 1-877-300-2506 and make a request for Assistance. Upon acceptance of your request, a CIC fraud resolution representative will contact you. If you contact CIC regarding fraud resolution, you are agreeing to permit CIC to order a copy of your credit report for any purpose relating to your request for assistance.
If you are requesting fraud resolution regarding an enrolled child, you will be required to re-certify your status as parent or guardian, and provide documents requested by CIC to verify your status as parent or guardian, including, but not limited to, the child's Social Security card and birth certificate, valid proof of your identification, and proof of your residence.
DISCLAIMERS: THE FRAUD RESOLUTION BENEFIT IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEFT VULNERABILITIES. THE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO ANY PRECAUTIONS YOU SHOULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE, INCLUDING PROTECTING YOUR ACCOUNT NAMES, PASSWORDS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. CIC'S FRAUD RESOLUTION ASSISTANCE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A POLICY OR CONTRACT OF INSURANCE. CIC DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF LIEN, JUDGMENT, INVESTMENT, OR CRIMINAL SEARCHES IT MAY PERFORM ON YOUR BEHALF.
CIC is not obligated or responsible for providing Assistance for any request based on (a) an act of fraud, deceit, collusion, dishonesty or criminal act by you or any person acting in concert with you, or by any authorized representative of you, whether acting alone or in collusion with you or others, (b) authorized charges that you have disputed based on the quality of goods or services, (c) authorized account transactions or trades that you have disputed, or are disputing, based on the execution (or non-execution) of electronic transfers, trades or other verbal or written instructions or directions, (d) losses, damages or expenses arising out of any business pursuits, (e) losses, damages or expenses that were incurred or commenced prior to the membership, or (f) theft or damages of traveler's checks, tickets of any kind, negotiable instruments, cash or its equivalent, circulating currency, passports, documents, real property, animals, living plants or consumable items, motorized vehicles of any type, watercraft, aircraft, and items intended for storage, transport, display or habitation.
Reservation of Rights: CIC, including its agents, independent contractors, assigns or other expressly authorized third party, reserves the right to make an independent investigation of the facts and circumstances related to any Assistance request, including making contact by telephone, email, US Postal Service or otherwise, any service provider or related party it deems necessary, at its sole and absolute discretion and expense, regardless of whether you provide express authorization to make such contact for purposes of verifying and assisting you with your Assistance request.
CIC reserves the right to request that you provide corroborating evidence of the unauthorized transaction, Identity Theft or other facts related to your Assistance request, including a signed affidavit, law enforcement or governmental agency reports, receipts of expenses, insurance declaration forms, or any other corroborating evidence that we may deem necessary and reasonable. Further, CIC reserves the right to refuse any Assistance request or provide any Assistance in the event you fail or refuse to provide us with any requested corroborating evidence related to the Identity Theft.
CIC reserves the right not to provide you with any Assistance or discontinue your membership in the event CIC determines that you knew, or should reasonably have known, of an act of Identity Theft that commenced prior to the membership. If at any time you cancel your membership, CIC is no longer obligated to provide any additional fraud resolution assistance.
$50,000 freecreditscore.com Product Guarantee
If you (hereinafter "you") or your enrolled children (where applicable) become a victim of Identity Theft (as defined below) due to a failure of the freecreditscore.com product to provide the services identified below, ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. (hereinafter "we", "our" or "us") will reimburse you for certain Identity Theft Expenses (as described in Section 3, below) subject to the terms and conditions of this Guarantee. For purposes of this Guarantee, "Identity Theft" means that your name, address, Social Security number, credit card account number, or other personal identifying information was used without your knowledge or approval to commit fraud or other crimes. The maximum amount that we will pay you is $50,000 for Identity Theft Expenses as a direct result of an Identity Theft.
THE $50,000 freecreditscore.com PRODUCT GUARANTEE IS NOT OFFERED, APPLICABLE OR AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The CardSafe product benefit is effective for the period covered by your membership fee for freecreditscore.com. Should you choose to discontinue your freecreditscore.com membership for any reason, your CardSafe benefit will terminate with your freecreditscore.com membership at the end of your monthly billing term. You must activate your CardSafe membership benefit after enrolling in freecreditscore.com and register your applicable cards.
Neither your spouse nor any other adult will be eligible for CardSafe pursuant to your order of freecreditscore.com. When you enroll in the CardSafe freecreditscore.com product, only your personal cards (i.e., only those cards in your name) can be registered with us as part of the CardSafe benefit.
CardSafeTM - Loss & Theft Events
YOU agree not to report as lost or stolen any Card which you do not have good reason to believe is, in fact, lost or stolen.
At the time you report a lost or stolen event, CIC will retrieve your 3-bureau credit report from the three national credit reporting companies in order to provide the Product to you. In order to identify your credit accounts, notify your card issuers and request cancellation of your lost or stolen cards, you authorize CIC to retrieve your account information from your 3-Bureau credit report and to use the personal debit and/or ATM information that you may have entered on our Website to do the following: (1) Contact your Card Issuers (for each credit, debit, ATM or charge card designated by you) to report the lost or stolen event and (2) to disclose your personally identifiable information to your Cards Issuers to assist with the cancellation of lost or stolen cards on your behalf. At the time of the lost or stolen event, CIC may require you to confirm or restate the foregoing authorizations.
Your credit information may be provided by a third-party credit reporting company and CIC is not responsible for the information contained within those reports. Your Card Issuers may require additional evidence of the lost or stolen event, including written confirmation by you or a police report. CIC is only able to take the actions permitted and processed by your Card Issuer. CIC is not responsible for any failure by any Card Issuer to take the action requested on your behalf, or any other action taken or condition imposed by your Card Issuer. CIC will not request that Card Issuers issue replacement cards in your name.
If CardSafe™ does not perform as guaranteed, we will reimburse you for unauthorized charges that are made to your Credit, Debit or ATM card(s) after you have reported to us that your card(s) are lost or stolen and for which you become personally liable, subject to the terms of the CardSafe Guarantee. You simply need to call our Fraud Resolution Representatives when you first learn that your card(s) are lost or stolen and then you can rest assured that your card issuer(s) will be notified. If you are held personally liable for unauthorized charges that occur after you report your lost or stolen cards to us, then we will reimburse you for those charges.
YOU agree not to report as lost or stolen any Card which you do not have good reason to believe is, in fact, lost or stolen.
At the time you report a lost or stolen event, CIC will retrieve your 3-bureau credit report from the three national credit reporting companies in order to provide the Product to you. In order to identify your credit accounts, notify your card issuers and request cancellation of your lost or stolen cards, you authorize CIC to retrieve your account information from your 3-Bureau credit report and to use the personal debit and/or ATM information that you may have entered on our Website to do the following: (1) Contact your Card Issuers (for each credit, debit, ATM or charge card designated by you) to report the lost or stolen event and (2) to disclose your personally identifiable information to your Cards Issuers to assist with the cancellation of lost or stolen cards on your behalf. At the time of the lost or stolen event, CIC may require you to confirm or restate the foregoing authorizations.
Your credit information may be provided by a third-party credit reporting company and CIC is not responsible for the information contained within those reports. Your Card Issuers may require additional evidence of the lost or stolen event, including written confirmation by you or a police report. CIC is only able to take the actions permitted and processed by your Card Issuer. CIC is not responsible for any failure by any Card Issuer to take the action requested on your behalf, or any other action taken or condition imposed by your Card Issuer. CIC will not request that Card Issuers issue replacement cards in your name.
If CardSafe™ does not perform as guaranteed, we will reimburse you for unauthorized charges that are made to your Credit, Debit or ATM card(s) after you have reported to us that your card(s) are lost or stolen and for which you become personally liable, subject to the terms of the CardSafe Guarantee. You simply need to call our Fraud Resolution Representatives when you first learn that your card(s) are lost or stolen and then you can rest assured that your card issuer(s) will be notified. If you are held personally liable for unauthorized charges that occur after you report your lost or stolen cards to us, then we will reimburse you for those charges.
If you (hereinafter "you") become liable for unauthorized charges as a result of a lost or stolen Credit, Debit or ATM card due to a failure of CardSafe to provide the services identified below, ConsumerInfo.com, Inc. (hereinafter "we", "our" or "us") will reimburse you for such unauthorized charges subject to the terms and conditions of this Guarantee.
THE CardSafe™ GUARANTEE IS NOT OFFERED, APPLICABLE OR AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
You acknowledge and agree that ChildSecureSM, CIC's name, the CIC Logo, Page Headers and other freecreditscore.com terms, phrases, graphics, logos, and icons are common law or registered trademarks, service marks, and/or trade dress of CIC (collectively "Marks"). You agree you will not use any such Content or Marks for any purpose without the appropriate prior written authorization. CIC Marks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not CIC's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits CIC. All other trademarks, product names, or logos not owned by CIC that appear on this Product Website are the property of their respective owners.
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Certain aspects of this website as well as features and services accessible from this website may be covered by one or more of the following: U.S. Patent Nos: U.S. Patent No. 6,321,339; U.S. Patent No. 6,282,658; U.S. Patent No. 6,263,447; U.S. Patent No. 6,496,936; U.S. Patent 7,234,156; and U.S. Patent 6,857,073.
These Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and other policies CIC may post constitute the entire Agreement between CIC and you in connection with your use of the Product Websites (if applicable), the Products, and the Content, and supersede any prior versions of the Terms and Conditions, if applicable. CIC may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time by posting revised Terms and Conditions on the Product Websites, or by mailing an updated copy to the most recent address you have provided to CIC, without notice to you, and your subsequent use of the Products, Product Web Sites, and/or Content is governed by those new Terms and Conditions. The Terms and Conditions are effective until terminated by CIC. In the event of termination, the Intellectual Property, Disclaimers, and Limitations of Liability provisions set forth in these Terms and Conditions will survive. In the event of a conflict between any other notice, policy, disclaimer or other term contained in the Product Websites or otherwise, these Terms and Conditions will control. If any provision is deemed to be unlawful or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. The section headings are for convenience only and do not have any force or effect.
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