The Boston Globe is running an interesting article on the businesses that are offering services to calm consumers' fears about identity theft, including one that has been found by the Federal Trade Commission to have engaged in deceptive marketing:
Businesses see profits in fear of identity theft - The Boston Globe:"... Yesterday, ConsumerInfo.com, which is owned by the credit-reporting bureau Experian, settled with the Federal Trade Commission on charges that it had deceptively marketed ''free credit reports' and did not adequately disclose that customers who signed up for the report would also be enrolled in a credit-monitoring service and be charged $79.95 if they didn't cancel within 30 days..."
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