> Everyone and their mother offers them. I'm pretty sure the US government offers them for free, and anyone else doing it "for free" is only using at a means t

> Everyone and their mother offers them. I'm pretty sure the US government offers them for free, and anyone else doing it "for free" is only using at a means to collect and sell your personal information. Using some random site like getmemyfreecreditcheck.com or whatever is pretty much asking for your privacy to be violated.