<prompt> Human: I received a letter from Washington State University saying that my personal information has been breached, and they are offering a one-year membership to Experians ProtectMyID Alert website. It looks like I have to give my SSN to sign up for this program. Is it weird that I have to give more personal info my SSN to sign up for a program to see if anyone else received my personal info? Thanks for the help.  <response>: It is. T-mobile had its data compromised a few years ago and they offered every customer three years of Protect My ID service.Once a month I get an email saying no activity and thats it. Though, when I applied for a mortgage earlier this year, within minutes of the bank running my report, Protect My ID emailed me telling me such and such bank just pulled your credit report. Same thing happened about a year ago when I opened a new credit card. 