Consumer complaint received 2022-05-24
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint:
On XX/XX/XXXX I filed a complaint with the CFPB stating according to 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 : Also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions. I have not provided any consumer reporting agency written permission to publish any information on my credit profile. This is a direct violation of my rights. I listed the companies and account numbers for each credit bureau. They each reported back they completed an investigation. Some items were removed and some stated they were updated but they still were inconsistent between each credit bureau.

According to 603. Definitions ; rules of construction [ 15 U.S.C. 1681a ] ( e ) The term investigative consumer report means a consumer report or portion thereof in which information on a consumers character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living is obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends, or associates of the consumer reported on or with others with whom he is acquainted or who may have knowledge concerning any such items of information. However, such information shall not include specific factual information on a consumers credit record obtained directly from a creditor of the consumer or from a consumer reporting agency when such information was obtained directly from a creditor of the consumer or from the consumer. Each reporting agency report they completed an investigation of my credit profile. Based on the definition of investigative consumer report the reporting agencies have violated my rights as they FAILED to conducted an investigation based on the code/law.

604. Permissible purposes of consumer reports [ 15 U.S.C. 1681b ] ( a ) In general. Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 1 ) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order, or a subpoena issued in connection with proceedings before a Federal grand jury. ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. I have not provided any consumer reporting agency written permission to publish any information on my credit profile. This is a direct violation of my rights. 

605. Requirements relating to information contained in consumer reports [ 15 U.S.C. 1681c ] ( a ) Information excluded from consumer reports. Except as authorized under subsection ( b ) of this section, no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information : ( 4 ) Accounts placed for collection or charged to profit and loss which antedate the report by more than seven years. 

( h ) Notice of Discrepancy in Address ( XXXX ) In general. If a person has requested a consumer report relating to a consumer from a consumer reporting agency described in section 603 ( p ), the request includes an address for the consumer that substantially differs from the addresses in the file of the consumer, and the agency provides a consumer report in response to the request, the consumer reporting agency shall notify the requester of the existence of the discrepancy. I submited a dispute on the addresses on my credit profile and some were removed and others they refused to remove. I have documentation to support this.

606. Disclosure of investigative consumer reports [ 15 U.S.C. 1681d ] 611. Procedure in case of disputed accuracy [ 15 U.S.C. 1681i ] ( a ) Reinvestigations of Disputed Information ( 1 ) Reinvestigation Required ( 1 ) Reinvestigation Required ( A ) In general. Subject to subsection ( f ), and except as provided in subsection ( g ) if the completeness or accuracy of any item of information contained in a consumers file at a consumer reporting agency is disputed by the consumer and the consumer notifies the agency directly, or indirectly through a reseller, of such dispute, the agency shall, free of charge, conduct a reasonable reinvestigation to determine whether the disputed information is inaccurate and record the current status of the disputed information, or delete the item from the file in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ), before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the agency receives the notice of the dispute from the consumer or reseller. ( B ) Extension of period to reinvestigate. Except as provided in subparagraph ( c ), the 30-day period described in subparagraph ( A ) may be extended for not more than 15 additional days if the consumer reporting agency receives information from the consumer during that 30-day period that is relevant to the reinvestigation. ( C ) Limitations on extension of period to reinvestigate. Subparagraph ( B ) shall not apply to any reinvestigation in which, during the 30-day period described in subparagraph ( A ), the information that is the subject of the reinvestigation is found to be inaccurate or incomplete or the consumer reporting agency determines that the information can not be verified. ( 2 ) Prompt Notice of Dispute to Furnisher of Information ( A ) In general. Before the expiration of the 5-business-day period beginning on the date on which a consumer reporting agency receives notice of a dispute from any consumer or a reseller in accordance with paragraph ( XXXX ), the agency shall provide notification of the dispute to any person who provided any item of information in dispute, at the address and in the manner established with the person. The notice shall include all relevant information regarding the dispute that the agency has received from the consumer or reseller. ( B ) Provision of other information. The consumer reporting agency shall promptly provide to the person who provided the information in dispute all relevant information regarding the dispute that is received by the agency from the consumer or the reseller after the period referred to in subparagraph ( A ) and before the end of the period referred to in paragraph ( XXXX ) ( A ). This is a direct violation of my rights at there are still inaccuracies on my credit profile after each credit agency completed their investigations. 

I had inquiries that were not mine and I was denied by all three credit bureaus to remove any of them. I recieved notification that my wife and I applied for a XXXX XXXX XXXX card which we did not. i have been a victim of fraud and I see there are other items such as but not limited to XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, something from XXXXXXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX. My wife and I applied only at XXXX XXXX and no other car dealerships.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation