Excellent free credit check and online monitor

SheriffAde

I stumbled across this, was not sure what it would do for me but tried it out and its excellent. Rubbish name (imho) but great tool.

http://www.garlick.com

DataPatrol is a new monthly monitoring service that finds, tracks and monitors your personal information online. It's a simple and effective way to protect your privacy and your identity, as well as a fantastic early warning system against identity fraud and personal data breaches.

As they have just launched its free - very informative and potentially helpful.

Special launch offer - try DataPatrol for FREE. Sign up now for your free trial membership.

http://www.garlick.com

tinkerbell1978

some sort of search engine or am i being thick? no dont answer that one lol!

SheriffAde

Initially yes - to gather your details and present them in a undertstandable and informative way. Kinda scary how much info can be gathered on you!

I'm guessing after that it checks again monthly and mails you a report of activity so you can see if there's any activity your not aware of.
Trouble is a lot can happen in a month though - but better than nothing!

Tariq_M

I think the site is

https://www.garlik.com

jo_b_2

You can get 50 Piggypoints for signing up to this service via www.pigsback.com

djpleasure

How do you get the points? sorry, new to pigsback

meerustar

djpleasure wrote:

How do you get the points? sorry, new to pigsback

Go to the Piggy thread on Freebies and read the first page, then join and earn points. Each point = 1p and the points soon mount up.

I've had over £30 worth of vouchers and another £20 to order and I'e only been a member a few weeks.

dr_del

Hi,

I signed up for this and entered the code they mailed ot my house and everything now they say they can't verify my address and I will be unable to use some of their services???

Not a very encouraging sign as I did a credit check on myself just after I moved in (11 years ago) to make sure there were no black marks against the property and they could find me then ok - and it's not like I'm hiding or avoiding the voters roll or anything.


dr del

twizzles

i had same prob i signed up an got letter thru post but that didn't verify me so they said i had to give them bank statement or credit card statement i told them i couldn't coz i dont have a bank account or credit card they told me they couldnt help me then

lisyloo

Not a very encouraging sign as I did a credit check on myself just after I moved in (11 years ago) to make sure there were no black marks against the property and they could find me then ok

Which agency did you use? Experian or Equifax?
Garlik use call credit which is less well established.
It's possible that you do not have any credit accounts with any companies that use Call Credit.
I have found the service pretty good, but the fact that they use the least well established credit agency is a negative IMO.

UniqueEarthling

I've used experian in the past and everything was okay but, since it was a while ago, I thought I'd give Garlik a try.

I received my access code in the post today so I logged in and provided it.

Now, like you dr del, it says there is a problem verifying my address (happens in about 10% of cases they claim) but, as you say, it isn't a very encouraging start.

I guess we will have to see what happens next.