Also consider before signing up for their offer. They are asking you to waive your right to sue.
Equifax Data Breach: Be careful before you agree to anything.
-Source: Me telling you to watch out because they are asking you to waive your right to sue in return for the free credit monitoring service for a limited period of time.
Situation:
"The information accessed primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers. In addition, credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 U.S. consumers, and certain dispute documents with personal identifying information for approximately 182,000 U.S. consumers were accessed." -Source: Equifax.com
The Problem:
"Equifax is offering a free credit monitoring service for the 143 million Americans whose data was impacted by their breach. Unfortunately, Equifax is also telling customers they must wait several days to enroll for the service.
The terms of use for the credit-monitoring service, which is called TrustedID Premier, also appears to require consumers sign away their right to sue Equifax. By waiving away their legal rights, consumers instead agree to mandatory arbitration, a tactic that has come under fire by consumer rights advocates as "rip-off clauses" because they bar consumers from banning together to sue in a class action." -Source: Cbsnews.com