Annual Credit Report Request Form, pdf One of the best ways to protect yourself from identity theft is to monitor your credit history. Now you can do that for free. Thanks to a new federal law, consumers can get one free credit report a year from each of the three national credit bureaus. Those bureaus are Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.1 You can also get your reports for free from "specialty" credit bureaus. These companies prepare reports on your employment, insurance claims, rental and ...