Consumer complaint received 2024-08-21 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to inform you about a very alarming and important issue regarding the compromise of my social security number, which has resulted in me being a victim of a data breach and identity theft. To address this situation promptly, I have already contacted the Federal Trade Commission and filed an FTC Report enclosed with this correspondence. By 15 USC 1681c-2 c ( a ), it is imperative that you, as a credit reporting agency, take immediate action to block and remove all information associated with this identity theft from my credit report. This statute mandates that credit reporting agencies must promptly address such requests within XXXX business days of receiving a complaint that includes the following information : XXXX XXXX  XXXX - XXXX - My information was impacted by the Equifax data breach and many different fraudulent items that I don't recognize have shown up on my credit report. UNPROVEN! Undocumented claims can NOT be assumed valid nor compliantly reported! Show me proof of your adherence to applicable compliance standards for this particular account. This is being investigated by the FTC. DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX  - XXXX - My information was impacted by the Equifax data breach and many different fraudulent items that I don't recognize have shown up on my credit report. UNPROVEN! Undocumented claims can NOT be assumed valid nor compliantly reported! Show me proof of your adherence to applicable compliance standards for this particular account. This is being investigated by the FTC. DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX - My information was impacted by the Equifax data breach and many different fraudulent items that I don't recognize have shown up on my credit report. UNPROVEN! Undocumented claims can NOT be assumed valid nor compliantly reported! Show me proof of your adherence to applicable compliance standards for this particular account. This is being investigated by the FTC. DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX  - XXXX - My information was impacted by the Equifax data breach and many different fraudulent items that I don't recognize have shown up on my credit report. UNPROVEN! Undocumented claims can NOT be assumed valid nor compliantly reported! Show me proof of your adherence to applicable compliance standards for this particular account. This is being investigated by the FTC. DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX - My information was impacted by the Equifax data breach and many different fraudulent items that I don't recognize have shown up on my credit report. UNPROVEN! Undocumented claims can NOT be assumed valid nor compliantly reported! Show me proof of your adherence to applicable compliance standards for this particular account. This is being investigated by the FTC. DELETE! 

Listed below are the Inquiries that are being challenged : XXXX - XXXX My Identity was stolen, and a data breach has impacted my personal information! This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (? FCRA? ). Delete this from my report! 

XXXX  - XXXX My Identity was stolen, and a data breach has impacted my personal information! This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (? FCRA? ). Delete this from my report! 

XXXX XXXX  - XXXX My Identity was stolen, and a data breach has impacted my personal information! This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (? FCRA? ). Delete this from my report! 

XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX My Identity was stolen, and a data breach has impacted my personal information! This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (? FCRA? ). Delete this from my report! 

XXXX XXXX - XXXX My Identity was stolen, and a data breach has impacted my personal information! This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (? FCRA? ). Delete this from my report! 

XXXX  - XXXX My Identity was stolen, and a data breach has impacted my personal information! This company has requested and obtained a copy of my consumer report without my consent or permissible purpose in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (? FCRA? ). Delete this from my report!

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief