Youll be asked for your name, address, date of birth and Social. Eastern time during the week, and between 9 a.m. At Equifax, you can use your myEquifax account to lift a security freeze for a date range you. Call Equifax at (888) 298-0045 between 9 a.m. If you’re applying for credit buying a new vehicle, for instance and you have a security freeze on your credit report, you can temporarily lift the security freeze to allow for a credit check. To opt out of such pre-approved offers, visit . Security freezes can be temporarily lifted. Entities that may still have access to your Equifax credit report include: companies like Equifax Consumer Services LLC, which provide you with access to your credit report or credit score, or monitor your credit report as part of a subscription or similar service companies that provide you with a copy of your credit report or credit score, upon your request federal, state and local government agencies and courts in certain circumstances companies using the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance, or for employment, tenant or background screening purposes companies that have a current account or relationship with you, and collection agencies acting on behalf of those whom you owe companies that authenticate a consumer's identity for purposes other than granting credit, or for investigating or preventing actual or potential fraud and companies that wish to make pre-approved offers of credit or insurance to you. Locking your Equifax credit report will not prevent access to your credit report at any other credit reporting agency. Locking your Equifax credit report will prevent access to it by certain third parties. With an online myEquifax account, you can freeze and unfreeze your credit without a PIN. Equifax is no longer requiring the use of 10-digit PINs to manage a security freeze on your Equifax credit report.