Consumer complaint received 2024-10-03
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Report provided to employer without your written authorization
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (CA)

Re : Method of verification Highly Requested Under 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( 7 ) Method of verification To Whom It May Concern, As a consumer, I request to know all the steps your agency took to ensure these items were XXXX % accurate under 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( 7 ) Method of verification- Description of reinvestigation procedure. A consumer reporting the agency shall provide to a consumer a description referred to in paragraph 15 USC ( 6 ) ( B ) ( iii ) - a notice that if requested by the consumer, a description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information shall be provided to the consumer by the agency, including the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted in connection with such information and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available ; by not later than XXXX days after receiving a request from the consumer for that description. I previously contacted your company to inform you that I am a victim of a Data Breach/ Identity Theft. I also contacted the Federal Trade Commission and filed an FTC Report which is attached. I DEMANDED to please block and remove all information from my credit report and send me an updated copy of the credit report. However, the following items are still on my credit report. I need your serious work on this. Once again, Under 15 USC 1681c-2 c ( a ) the credit reporting agency must block and remove any alleged pieces of information the consumer considers identity theft within XXXX business days of receiving a complaint consisting of the information below. In addition, Please send the following information used to validate the validity of the invalidated items below : XXXX XXXX - XXXX In compliance with 15 U.S. Code 1681e 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 to whom the report relates. This is clear proof that this item is reporting INCOSISTENTLY across all the displayed bureaus, an infraction of compliance! DELETE at once! 

DESIGNED RECEIVABLE SO - XXXX My info got hit by that Equifax data breach, and now my credit report 's got all kinds of stuff I don't recognize. UNPROVEN! You can't just assume those claims are valid without proof. Show me you're following the right compliance standards for this account. The FTC is looking into this. DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX - XXXX You Violated The United States Code Law 15 U.S. Code 1681b - Permissible purposes 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 ) By the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. Under 15 U.S. Code 1681b Permissible purposes of consumer reports, I never gave you any written consent to report anything on my consumer report. As a consumer by law these accounts on this letter must be deleted immediately or I will seek monetary damages in small claims court in my city and state. Also, we have already involved and sent this letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Attorney Generals Office, the Better Business Bureau, and the Federal Trade Commission. 

XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX You Violated The United States Code Law 15 U.S. Code 1681b - Permissible purposes 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 ) By the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. Under XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Permissible purposes of consumer reports, I never gave you any written consent to report anything on my consumer report. As a consumer by law these accounts on this letter must be deleted immediately or I will seek monetary damages in small claims court in my city and state. Also, we have already involved and sent this letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Attorney Generals Office, the Better Business Bureau, and the Federal Trade Commission. 

XXXX - XXXX My info got hit by that Equifax data breach, and now my credit report 's got all kinds of stuff I don't recognize. XXXX! You can't just assume those claims are valid without proof. Show me you're following the right compliance standards for this account. The FTC is looking into this. DELETE!