Thank you for this Shelley; I've received mine in Braille several times and, the last time, my entire social security number was displayed instead of just the last four numbers. Your email reminded me to contact them about this because I've already had my identity stolen three times in the past. I've practically written a book about how blind people can protect themselves against having our information compromised. *smile* Thanks again. Susan-Marie Huang Co- founder of www.blindness-awareness.info ----- Original Message ----- From: Shelley L. Rhodes To: visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:50 AM Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Accessible Credit Reports Just passing this on. Have You checked your ACCESSIBLE Credit Reports in 2010? As the holiday season approaches it is a great time to review your free credit report - available in Braille, Large Print or audio format, or on-line in an accessible on-line format. Every United States citizen is entitled to one free report every twelve months from each of the three companies: Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. These companies have been providing accessible reports for two years as a result of ACB and CCB's Structured Negotiations advocacy efforts. You can request your report in Braille, Large Print and Audio formats by calling 877-322-8228. This is a toll-free automated system. You will be asked to chose your alternative format towards the end of the call, after you enter identifying information. Please note that while credit reports (also known as credit disclosures) are free through the toll free number above, credit scores are not. Information on how to order a credit scores will be provided to consumers ordering the initial reports. Scores should also be provided in Braille, Large Print, and audio formats to those who order the initial disclosure in these formats. You can receive your credit report on line in accessible format by visiting www.annualcreditreport.com More information about free accessible credit reports can be found in the post on Lainey's web site at: http://lflegal.com/2010/11/credit-access/ You can contact Lainey and Linda to report any problems (or positive experiences) by email at LF@xxxxxxxxxxx or by toll-free telephone to Linda's office at 1-800-822-5000. You can also use this contact information to report other financial or health care information that is not accessible to you. As with all Structured Negotiations agreements - it is important that members of the blind community use the accessible services and information that the advocacy of ACB, CCB and its members have brought about! Lainey and Linda Lainey Feingold Law Office of Lainey Feingold http://lflegal.com/ 510.548.5062 LF@xxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ bscb-announce mailing list bscb-announce@xxxxxxx http://www.acb.org/mailman/listinfo/bscb-announce __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5612 (20101111) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com