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: 8088519

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: As a federally protected consumer I am now opting out of any and all authorization, I the consumer did not give Equifax, XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXX, nor XXXX XXXX XXXX my written unwritten verbal and nonverbal consent to furnish my information per 12 CFR 1016.7 ( h ) 15 U.S. Code 6802 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( B ) 15 U.S. Code 1681 ( b ). 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A 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 the information is inaccurate. 15 U.S. Code 1681 ( e ) states '' Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681c of 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. I want all charge offs deleted for being certificates of indebtedness and late payments removed for being transactions per the Privacy Act of 1974 5 U.S. Code 552 ( a ). I also want all hard inquiries removed, all phone numbers deleted besides ( XXXX ) XXXX due to inaccuracies, have all addresses removed for being a non-mailable address besides XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX VA XXXX, and student loans removed per 34 CFR 99.31 and The Famiy Educational Rights and Privacy Act 20 U.S. Code 1232 ( g ) because my written consent was not given in order for you to release my information. I expect compliance per 15 U.S. Code 6805 - Enforcement

Company Response:

State: VA

Zip: 23454

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088517

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: I did not consent to, or authorize nor benefit from any of the following inquiries. Please Block and remove it. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/2023, XXXX XXXX XX/XX/2023, XXXX XXXX XX/XX/2023, XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/2023 &

Company Response:

State: MD

Zip: 20715

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088512

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Account status incorrect

Consumer Complaint: This credit union XXXX also known as XXXX XXXX credit Union has consistently reported personal information to credit bureaus Equifax, XXXX, & XXXX without any prior disclosures to me or notifying me in anyway 15 USC 1681b- Permissible Purpose of consumer reports- ( a ) In general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. I hereby put you on notice. I DID NOT GIVE YOU WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS to report THIS ACCOUNT TO MY CONSUMER REPORT 15 USC 1681e ( b ) Compliance and procedures ( b ) Accuracy of report Whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares a consumer report it shall follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information concerning the individual about whom the report relates. How are you following reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy with this account reporting to my consumer report? Without Permissible Purpose, anyone paying for your reporting services could fax, mail or email fraudulent information to my consumer report.

Company Response:

State: WA

Zip: 98597

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088509

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services

Subissue: Billing dispute for services

Consumer Complaint: My Information was sold and bought illegally because i was a victim of the Equifax data breach. I want these items Deleted from my credit reports effective immediately. I am attaching proof that Equifax has admitted that i was in fact a victim of this data breach and Equifax has done nothing.

Company Response:

State: NJ

Zip: 08028

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088474

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services

Subissue: Problem canceling credit monitoring or identify theft protection service

Consumer Complaint: I checked my credit report and found this accounts that I am not familiar, I contacted them to have verify this but they just ignore my request they never verify this.

Company Response:

State: AL

Zip: 35749

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088470

Date Received: 2024-01-01

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: FL

Zip: 33544

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088467

Date Received: 2024-01-01

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: NC

Zip: 27260

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088466

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Incorrect information on your report

Subissue: Information belongs to someone else

Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX, I sent my FTC report and license to XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX. I am following to correct steps to report identity theft. I have fraudulent accounts reporting on my consumer report.

Company Response:

State: PA

Zip: 19120

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088451

Date Received: 2024-01-01

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Consumer Complaint: XXXX, XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, nd, XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) XXXX I am writing to formally dispute any and all transaction on my account that XXXX XXXX has reported with Equifax, XXXX and XXXX, whom are all non affiliates with XXXX XXXX, in the terms and conditions provided by XXXX XXXX they stated they would not disclose my nonpublic personal information to non affiliate 's. There is multiple violations of my rights as a consumer. It is against the law to report transaction history, I never gave written authorization to report to the three credit reporting agencies, or to any other non affiliate. The account is in charge off status, a charge off is also known as a certificate of indebtedness and according to the I.R.S. Code a certificate of indebtedness is income and income must be removed from the report. 15 U.S. Code 1681b - Permissible purposes of consumer reports ( 2 ) in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to who it relates. 15 U.S. Code 6801 6805 Obligations with respect to disclosures of personal information- Authority comes from 16 CFR 313.1 - Purpose and scope. ( a ) Privacy obligation policy It 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. nonpublic personal information Nonpublic personal information ( A ) The term nonpublic personal information means personally identifiable financial information ( i ) provided by a consumer to a financial institution ; ( ii ) resulting from any transaction with the consumer or any service performed for the consumer. Per the Privacy Act of 1974, and the Fair credit reporting act, as a federally protected consumer, I have the right of opting out of any and all authorization, I the consumer may have given you written, unwritten, verbal and non verbal, Per 15 u.s.c. 6802

Company Response:

State: ND

Zip: 58801

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 8088444

Date Received: 2024-01-01

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

Subissue: Problem with personal statement of dispute

Consumer Complaint: I did not consent to, or authorize nor benefit from any of the following inquiries. Please XXXX and remove it. XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of Inquiry XX/XX/XXXX

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 77493

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2024-01-01

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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