Credit freezes block many fraudulent applications but miss synthetic identity fraud, account takeovers and tax refund scams.

ATLANTA — The state authority that oversees Georgia Power officially approved a three-year rate freeze on Tuesday. The freeze, first announced by Gov. Brian Kemp in late May, was approved unanimously ...

It used to be that you'd freeze your credit if you'd suffered identity theft or some other compromise of your personal information. But as data breaches have piled up, a pre-emptive credit freeze has ...