Consumer complaint received 2023-06-16
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PA
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:
In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, The list of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentially under 15 USC 1681. Act Name : XXXX, XXXX Act Name : XXXX  XXXX, XXXX Act Name : XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX Name : XXXX XXXX XXXX, Inquiries : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, 15 USC 1681 section 602 A, States I have the right to privacy. 15 USC 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written instructions. 15 USC 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 items of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven ( 7 ) years. 15 USC 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) Section 623 ( a ) states that a person, including a financial institution, may, but need not, specify an address for receipt of notices from consumers concerning inaccurate information. If the person specifies such an address, then it may not furnish information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency, if ( a ) the consumer notified the person, at the specified address, that the information is inaccurate, and ( b ) the information is inaccurate. If the person does not specify an address, then it may 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. Reasonable policies and procedures concerning the accuracy and integrity of furnished information ( 12 CFR 1022.42 ) and Interagency Guidelines ( Appendix E ) Each furnisher must establish and implement reasonable written policies and procedures regarding the accuracy and integrity of consumer information that it furnishes to a consumer reporting agency. The policies and procedures must be appropriate to the nature, size, complexity, and scope of each furnishers activities. In developing its policies and procedures, a furnisher must consider the Interagency Guidelines and may include its existing policies and procedures that are relevant and appropriate. Each furnisher must also review its policies and procedures periodically and update them as necessary to ensure their continued effectiveness.

I recently made a dispute under FCRA 611 ( a ) regarding an erroneous items on my credit report involving a transaction with. It saddened me to learn that you somehow verified the disputed item, electing to leave it on my credit report. I am absolutely certain that the item I disputed is incorrect and should be removed, so I am hereby exercising my rights under FCRA 611 ( a ) ( 7 ) to request a complete description of all methods used to investigate my aforementioned dispute. I am very interested to learn how your investigator ( s ) arrived at this erroneous conclusion. I would like to see a complete list of all documents and correspondence with. Please include all names and contact information of employees that you spoke to as part of this investigation. I am asking for this verification because my credit score is important to me, and I believe it is being unjustly degraded as a result of this unfortunate error. Therefore, I request that you Please do not send me a template letter in response to this request. I am in the process of planning a legal case, so I need specific answers to the specific questions asked of you in this letter. I expect to receive a response within 15 days of receipt of this letter, or I will expect to see the item in question immediately removed from my credit report. 
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. I very much look forward to getting this resolved as soon as possible. 
Very Respectfully, XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation