Consumer complaint received 2020-04-23
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (TN)

Continuance of my dispute with XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX or most recently. Fcra rule for the furnisher. 
Correcting Errors Under the FCRA, both the credit reporting company and the information provider ( that is, the person, company, or organization that provides information about you to a credit reporting company ) are responsible for correcting inaccurate or incomplete information in your report. To take advantage of all your rights under this law, contact the credit reporting company and the information provider. 
Credit reporting companies must investigate the items in question usually within 30 days unless they consider your dispute frivolous. They also must forward all the relevant data you provide about the inaccuracy to the organization that provided the information. After the information provider receives notice of a dispute from the credit reporting company, it must investigate, review the relevant information, and report the results back to the credit reporting company. If the information provider finds the disputed information is inaccurate, it must notify all three nationwide credit reporting companies so they can correct the information in your file. 

When the investigation is complete, the credit reporting company must give you the results in writing and a free copy of your report if the dispute results in a change. This free report does not count as your annual free report. If an item is changed or deleted, the credit reporting company can not put the disputed information back in your file unless the information provider verifies that it is accurate and complete. The credit reporting company also must send you written notice that includes the name, address, and phone number of the information provider. 

If you ask, the credit reporting company must send notices of any corrections to anyone who received your report in the past six months. You can have a corrected copy of your report sent to anyone who received a copy during the past two years for employment purposes. 
If the provider continues to report the item you disputed to a credit reporting company, it must let the credit reporting company know about your dispute. And if you are correct that is, if the information you dispute is found to be inaccurate or incomplete the information provider must tell the credit reporting company to update or delete the item. 
Duty to Provide Accurate Information : FCRA 623 ( a ) Inaccurate Information. Section 623 ( a ) prohibits furnishers from reporting information to a CRA if the furnisher knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.14 The statute defines reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate to mean specific knowledge, other than solely allegations by the consumer, that would cause a reasonable person to have substantial doubts about the accuracy of the information.15 Duty to Correct and Update Information. A furnisher that regularly furnishes information to CRAs is also required to notify a CRA if it has determined that previously furnished information is not complete or accurate and to correct that information.16 Duty to Provide Notice of Delinquency of Accounts. When an account is placed for collection, is charged to profit or loss, or a similar action is taken, and that delinquency is furnished to a CRA, the furnisher must notify the CRA of the date of delinquency on the account no later than 90 days after furnishing the information.22 This date is the month and year the account first becomes delinquent, not when the creditor places the account for collections, charges the account to profit or loss, or takes a similar action. For example, if an account became delinquent in XX/XX/XXXX but the creditor waited until XX/XX/XXXX to sell it to a collection agency, the date of delinquency is XX/XX/XXXX. See S. Rep. 104-185 External Site, at 49-50 ( 1995 ). 
Identity Theft. Furnishers are required to maintain reasonable procedures to respond to notifications from the CRAs under 605B relating to information resulting from identify theft in order to prevent the refurnishing of this information. In addition, when a consumer submits an identity theft report to a furnisher indicating that furnished information resulted from identity theft, the furnisher may not report the information to the CRAs unless the furnisher subsequently knows or is informed by the consumer that the information is correct.23 Investigation Procedures. Under 623 ( b ) ( 1 ), when a furnisher receives notice from a CRA that a consumer disputes the completeness or accuracy of information the furnisher provided to the CRA, it must investigate the disputed information, review all relevant information provided by the CRA, and report the results of its investigation to the CRA. If the furnisher determines that the information it provided was incomplete or inaccurate, it must notify all nationwide CRAs to which the information was furnished of its findings.26 Finally, if the furnisher determines that the disputed information is inaccurate or incomplete or can not be verified, the furnisher must promptly modify or delete the information or permanently block the reporting of that information.27 The furnisher generally has 30 days from the date the consumer filed the dispute with the CRA to complete its investigation and make appropriate notifications, but the investigation period may be extended an additional 15 days in some circumstances.28 Correcting Errors Under the FCRA, both the credit reporting company and the information provider ( that is, the person, company, or organization that provides information about you to a credit reporting company ) are responsible for correcting inaccurate or incomplete information in your report. To take advantage of all your rights under this law, contact the credit reporting company and the information provider.