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June 2, 1999: 8:45 a.m. ET by money.cnn
Agencies you've never heard of are keeping tabs on your spending habits
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Safeguarding private financial information from major Credit Reporting agencies has always been somewhat of a losing battle.
But in recent years, the fight has become even more challenging as a new crop of Credit bureaus - targeted more specifically at Consumers' vices -- have joined Big Brothers Experian, Trans Union and Equifax in the credit surveillance game.
While this group still plays a much smaller role than the three major Credit bureaus, their proliferation has made life increasingly difficult for Consumers with credit problems, says Jon Golinger, Consumer program director of the California division of the Public Interest Research Group.
If your credit is marred through no fault of your own - by errors or identity fraud, for example - not knowing who has this faulty information will make it more difficult to clear up any complications. "You won't know you are on these lists (of the lesser known Credit bureaus), until there is a problem," Golinger said. "In the meantime, you are still denied credit or a job, even though you have been cleared (by the larger agency.)"
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