Consumer complaint received 2022-05-02
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Public record information inaccurate

Complaint:
On XX/XX/2022 I filed a complaint on XXXX, citing I received a letter from XXXX stating they do not have a Public Record on file for myself. So I contacted Equifax, XXXX and XXXX to informed them via certified mail of the letter I received from XXXX. The bureaus are telling me I need to contact XXXX, however XXXX is telling me they have not reporterd this information to the bureaus and it's up to the bureaus to correct my credit prifile. My credit profile states contact XXXX and it reads as listed below. 

Public Records Report Date : XX/XX/2022 This section includes public record items Equifax obtained from local, state and federal courts through a third party vendor, XXXX. 

They can be contacted at : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, GA XXXX Please be aware XXXX needs to take full responsibility for their actions, I'm taking legal action if this isn't resolve immediately!!!!

15USC1681 ( a ) Accuracy and fairness of credit reporting ( 4 ) There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy.

15 U.S. Code ss 1692 ( a ) Abusive practices There is abundant evidence of the use of abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices by many debt collectors. Abusive debt collection practices contribute to the number of personal bankruptcies, to marital instability, to the loss of jobs, and to invasions of individual privacy.

1681d ( a ) Disclosure of fact of preparation A person may not procure or cause to be prepared an investigative consumer report on any consumer unless- ( 1 ) it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that an investigative consumer report including information as to his character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living, whichever are applicable, may be made, and such disclosure ( A ) is made in a writing mailed, or otherwise delivered, to the consumer, not later than three days after the date on which the report was first requested, and ( B ) includes a statement informing the consumer of his right to request the additional disclosures provided for under subsection ( b ) of this section and the written summary of the rights of the consumer prepared pursuant to section 1681g ( c ) of this title ; and ( 2 ) the person certifies or has certified to the consumer reporting agency that- ( A ) the person has made the disclosures to the consumer required by paragraph ( 1 ) ; and ( B ) the person will comply with subsection ( b ) Disclosure on request of nature and scope of investigation Any person who procures or causes to be prepared an investigative consumer report on any consumer shall, upon written request made by the consumer within a reasonable period of time the receipt by him of the disclosure required by subsection ( a ) ( 1 ), make a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of the investigation requested. This disclosure shall be made in a writing mailed, or otherwise delivered, to the consumer not later than five days after the date on which the request for such disclosure was received from the consumer or such report was first requested, whichever is the later. has violated my rights as a consumer and abusing their authority as a " DEROGATORY '' third-party LIAR!!!! I want this information removed IMMEDIATELY!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation