Consumer complaint received 2024-02-07
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (FL)

EQUIFAX is reporting XXXX XXXX  account # XXXX as an account balance of {$3200.00}. ( 1 ) Past Due - 30 days ( 1 ) Past Due - 60 days ( 8 ) Past Due - 90 days It is illegal to report transaction history. This debt has been discharged with a 1099C that was processed and accepted by the IRS on XX/XX/XXXX. See attachment for XXXX XXXX of the filing. With that being said I demand EQUIFAX update XXXX Account # XXXX as PAID AS AGREED immediately! EQUIFAX is reporting XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX Account # XXXX with a balance of {$2500.00}. This debt has been discharged with a 1099C that was processed and accepted by the IRS on XX/XX/XXXX. See attachment for XXXX XXXX of the filing. With that being said I demand EQUIFAX update XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Account # XXXXPAID AS AGREED immediately! 15 USC 6801 It is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers nonpublic personal information. PRIVACY ACT OF XXXX The Privacy Act of XXXX, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies. A system of records is a group of records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifier assigned to the individual. The Privacy Act prohibits the disclosure of a record about an individual from a system of records absent the written consent of the individual, unless the disclosure is pursuant to one of twelve statutory exceptions. 15 USC 1692c Without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction, a debt collector may not communicate with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt -- 15 USC 1692d A debt collector may not engage in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt. Without limiting the general application of the foregoing, the following conduct is a violation of this section : ( 1 ) The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of any person. 15 USC 1692e The representation or implication that nonpayment of any debt will result in the arrest or imprisonment of any person or the seizure, garnishment, attachment, or sale of any property or wages of any person unless such action is lawful and the debt collector or creditor intends to take such action. 15 USC 1692k Except as otherwise provided by this section, any debt collector who fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter with respect to any person is liable to such person in an amount equal to the sum of -- ( 1 ) any actual damage sustained by such person as a result of such failure ; ( 2 ) ( A ) in the case of any action by an individual, such additional damages as the court may allow, but not exceeding {$1000.00} ; or ( B ) in the case of a class action, ( i ) such amount for each named plaintiff as could be recovered under subparagraph ( A ), and ( ii ) such amount as the court may allow for all other class members, without regard to a minimum individual recovery, not to exceed the lesser of {$500000.00} or 1 per centum of the net worth of the debt collector ; and