Norwalk, Conn. - May 4, 2006 - Affinion Group, a leading global affinity marketer, and CompUSA, one of the nation's leading retailers of technology products and services, have partnered to offer PrivacyGuard - a comprehensive identity theft protection service - at more than 240 CompUSA locations nationwide. Information containing the enrollment form will be available in every check lane as well as on-line at http://www.compusa.com.

Affinion Group, a leading global affinity marketer, and The Kroger Co., one of the nation's largest grocery retailers, have partnered to launch PrivacyWatch - an identity theft protection service available for the first time in a retail location. The new service will initially be marketed in more than 200 Kroger stores in the Houston and Dallas metropolitan areas. Information containing the enrollment form will be available in every check lane as well as on-line in the "What's New" page on the Kroger website (http://www.kroger.com).