EQUIFAX, INC.


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"Products" offered by EQUIFAX, INC. with at least one, but usually more complaints:

Bank account or service - Checking account
Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Checking or savings account -
Checking or savings account - CD (Certificate of Deposit)
Checking or savings account - Checking account
Checking or savings account - Other banking product or service
Checking or savings account - Savings account
Consumer Loan - Installment loan
Consumer Loan - Personal line of credit
Consumer Loan - Vehicle lease
Consumer Loan - Vehicle loan
Credit card -
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Gift card
Credit card or prepaid card - Government benefit card
Credit card or prepaid card - Store credit card
Credit reporting -
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit repair services
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Auto
Debt collection - Auto debt
Debt collection - Credit card
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - Federal student loan
Debt collection - Federal student loan debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Medical
Debt collection - Medical debt
Debt collection - Mortgage
Debt collection - Mortgage debt
Debt collection - Non-federal student loan
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Debt collection - Other debt
Debt collection - Payday loan debt
Debt collection - Private student loan debt
Debt collection - Rental debt
Debt collection - Telecommunications debt
Debt or credit management - Credit repair services
Debt or credit management - Debt settlement
Debt or credit management - Mortgage modification or foreclosure avoid
Debt or credit management - Student loan debt relief
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Foreign currency exchange
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Mobile or digital wallet
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order, traveler's check or cashier's
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Refund anticipation check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Traveler's check or cashier's check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Virtual currency
Mortgage - Conventional adjustable mortgage (ARM)
Mortgage - Conventional fixed mortgage
Mortgage - Conventional home mortgage
Mortgage - FHA mortgage
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC)
Mortgage - Other mortgage
Mortgage - Other type of mortgage
Mortgage - Reverse mortgage
Mortgage - VA mortgage
Other financial service - Refund anticipation check
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan -
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Title loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Other advances of future income
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Title loan
Prepaid card - Gift or merchant card
Student loan - Federal student loan servicing
Student loan - Non-federal student loan
Student loan - Private student loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Lease
Vehicle loan or lease - Loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Title loan

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Complaint ID: 8092966

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Investigation took more than 30 days

Consumer Complaint: I have been trying to dispute incorrect and/or invalid items listed on my credit report and have gotten no assistance from the creditors or the credit bureaus regarding this matter. Please see the attached documents and letter for the referenced issues from above.

Company Response:

State: GA

Zip: 30327

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092962

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: This account does not belong to me, and I did NOT grant authorization for its use. Kindly remove this erroneous account from my records.

Company Response:

State: IL

Zip: 60620

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092947

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Consumer Complaint: I am writing to express my concern regarding the inaccurate negative items on my credit report. I have submitted multiple complaints to the credit bureaus requesting verification of these items, as per the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) Section 609. However, despite my repeated requests, I have not received the necessary proof to validate these entries. According to FCRA Section 609, if verification is not provided, the credit bureaus are obligated to remove these disputed items from my credit report. I kindly request that the credit bureaus promptly investigate and rectify this matter in accordance with the FCRA guidelines to ensure the accuracy of my credit report. Thank you for your attention to this issue. Attached you will also find my ID as proof of my identity and my Proof of Address.

Company Response:

State: MD

Zip: 20785

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092933

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. has violated my rights. Or a list of inquiries : 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 32905

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092927

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: Please update my account and remove the inaccurate late payment. I have always paid on time and never missed a payment. This is causing me a lot of stress and XXXX, and I can't even sleep properly because of this problem. I am begging you to update my account as soon as possible.

Company Response:

State: IL

Zip: 60620

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092924

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 77067

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092820

Date Received: 2024-01-02

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: I was recently released from XXXX XXXX and I made a XXXX XXXX account and noticed a number of accounts that were not mine. I have been in and out of XXXX since XXXX ( being released most recently XXXX of XXXX with a 5 year XXXX ) and was incarcerated according to the dates the accounts were opened so I contacted all three bureaus verbally and in writing I submitted evidence of my XXXX, a police report, and an identity theft report, along with my ID showing I am indeed XXXX XXXX and that the dates of these accounts could not be mine due to my XXXX. I requested per 15 U.S. Code 1681c2 that the items be removed within 4 days and that the creditors be notified it was identity theft. They responded saying Valid. I then requested proof of the investigation because there is no way it was valid. I requested copies of applications, Identification, signatures and anything else associated with these accounts as well per 15 U.S. Code 1681d and was never responded to. The accounts are XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX {$630.00} Opened XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX {$580.00} Opened XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX {$450.00XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Opened XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX {$1100.00} XXXX XXXX {$290.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX {$330.00} XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX {$1000.00} Opened XX/XX/XXXX My Identity Theft Report reference number is XXXX My Police Report Tracking number is XXXX I also submitted the same items attached to this complaint via mail with my disputes.

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 32209

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-02

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092464

Date Received: 2024-01-03

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), " [ t ] here is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. " 15 USC 1681 ( a ) ( 4 ). Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies, and I am the Consumer. Consistent with Congressional policy, I have the right to ensure my private information is not shared without my consent. 15 USC 6801 states " [ i ] t is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers nonpublic personal information. '' XXXX is a financial institution by definition under that title. See also 16 C.F.R. 314.15. 15 USC 1681 ( b ) ( 2 ) states that " [ i ] n general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' See also P.L 90-321 ( 82 Stat. 146 ). XXXX the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Moreover, 5 U.S. Code 552a ( a ) ( 4 ) and 5 U.S. Code 552a ( b ) ( 12 ) ( hereinafter the Privacy Act ) protects my right to privacy. Under the Privacy Act, subsection ( a ) ( 4 ), the term records include a consumer report. The disclosure of a consumer report ( a record ) under the Privacy Act can not be furnished without the prior written instruction of the consumer ( the individual to whom it relates ). The consumer reporting agencies ( XXXX, Equifax, XXXX ) do not have my written consent to publicly furnish these records nor can they produce the same as it was never given to them nor XXXX. As the accounts are student loans, they are also subjected to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ), 20 U.S. Code 1232g, which protects the privacy of student education records. Per subsection ( b ), to furnish information of these records to third parties, the US Department of Education and XXXX require my written consent. Which they do not have per the enclosed notices. Therefore, by continuing to report these accounts, is a violation of XXXX, the Privacy Act, and the FCRA. In addition, 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that [ a ] financial institution may not disclose nonpublic information to a nonaffiliated third party unless the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) states : [ a ] person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that information is inaccurate. 15 U.S.C. 1681e states [ e ] very consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681c of the this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also, 12 CFR 1016.17 states that [ a ] consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. I am opting out of your reporting services.

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: 117XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-03

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092424

Date Received: 2024-01-03

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

Company Response:

State: MI

Zip: 48221

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-03

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8092420

Date Received: 2024-01-03

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. I told the XXXX, XXXX, and Equifax to reinvestigate these accounts : XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX However, they stated everything was complete and accurate. But how is that possible if the open date, date of last activity and much more is incorrect. According to 15 USC 1681 ( 5 ) they are suppose to modify accounts that isn't reporting correctly. 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any

Company Response:

State: NJ

Zip: 07304

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-03

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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