Many businesses now offer one year of “free” identity theft monitoring services for breach victims. Equifax, Marriott backed off offering such a service after the Equifax breach. Consumers’ best bet remains to use credit freezes to prevent fraudsters from using their personal details. If there was any justice, all breached businesses should at least be forced to pay someone else to provide such a free service, says John Defterios. But it’s important to ask: Do such services do any good, or go any way to repair the damage that has occurred?”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/congratulations-you-get-free-identity-theft-monitoring-p-2692