vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax did not have adequate data security to protect my personal information, as well as the personal information of 143 million other Americans. They further jeopardized our financial security by failing to inform us of the recent data breach, which occurred between XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX, until XX/XX/XXXX. Equifax enjoys an effective monopoly on credit reporting along with XXXX and XXXX but that should not be allowed to continue if they can not ensure the security of the sensitive data on the consumers they report on.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX, Equifax divulged to the general public that they had been the target of a successful hack. 143 million customer records, including SSNs and drivers license numbers. I have already confirmed that I am one of the consumers affected.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I am part of the Equifax breach. I feel like I should be given 7 years of free credit monitoring by the company. I also would like to be able to remove my information from their database since they clearly can not be trusted with it.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax got hacked and now my private information is public.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
The company involved, Equifax, allowed my information to be taken by hackers. I have two properties, with two mortgages, one for {$900000.00} and one for {$230000.00}. I also have student loans totaling {$250000.00} for my XXXX XXXX and {$40000.00} for my wife 's XXXX XXXX. Any credit issues would be absolutely disastrous for me and my family. My detailed information and my wife 's detailed information was stolen and is now available for criminals to use for their own purposes. I have started fraud alert with all three companies, but this means that my next property purchase will have to be put on hold until these issues are resolved. I had offered to buy a property yesterday, but now will not be able to do so because of the fraud alert.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
My information was breached as a part of the Equifax hack. Equifax did not get in touch with me to let me know that my information had become public, and when I went to their website to determine if I had been a victim it simply said " ... we believe that your personal information may have been impacted ... '' It did not explicitly state that my information had been made public, nor did it provide me with instructions for how to protect myself. 

I have set up a fraud alert and will be monitoring all of my credit cards to make sure that my identity is not stolen. If I become a victim of identity theft I will set up a credit security freeze.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax shared my personal data and info allowing identity theft

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: OK

Complaint narrative:
Equifax Inc. said its systems were struck by a cyberattack that may have affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency ... Some XXXX and XXXX residents were also affected. Intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and drivers license numbers ... Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed. Criminals took advantage of a " U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files '' from XX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX of this  year ... The intruders also accessed dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 consumers.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX I learned of the Equifax data breach. Using the website they set up, I discovered that my personal information had been compromised. I immediately instantiated a fraud alert on the 3 major credit bureaus and reached out to Equifax for details on how to proceed. 

Equifax did not adequately protect my personal information, and has not provided appropriate clarity or instruction on how to proceed now that my information has been compromised. This is a critical oversight for a company that holds so much responsibility for personal protected information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting agencies in the United States, has reason to believe that my personal information, including date of birth, Social Security Number, and other personal, sensitive information, was accessed without my consent due to a security breach. Myself, along with hundreds of millions of other consumers have had their information stolen from one of the nations, to-be-trusted agencies, responsible for accessing and storing this information. 

Please ensure that ALL those affected, including myself, are protected from this point foward, by ensuring Equifax will not have a breach of this size again. CFPB, please help America with this breach, and ensure all consumers that this will not happen again. Furthermore, ensure that Equifax will reasonably and realistically compensate those who were affected in this breach.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax allowed my personal information to be stolen.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MA

Complaint narrative:
A little over a month ago I had my first ever fraud committed on one of my credit card accounts. I did n't know how they got the information at the time, but I spent a great deal of time sort the issue out. Now I know it likely had to do with the Equifax data breach, and event which I was not notified of and could take no action. 

Equifax mishandled my information which has led to a breach that likely caused fraud on one of my accounts and has the potential to put my financial standing at risk. I am extremely disappointed with how Equifax has handled reporting this breach, as I had no knowledge of the breach until it came out on major media platforms platforms this week. Very little was done to notify the public for nearly a month after the breach was detected. I received no email, letter, or phone call and instead had to discovered it via social media. 

Going forward Equifax should be required to monitor every breached account and notify any victims if fraud occurs. Credit fraud protection should be mandatory for every account, not an option for us to have deal with on a hastily prepared website. Additionally we should not be forced to accept the terms from a company that unintentionally released the data of millions just to fix the potential life-altering consequences of this breach.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
Learned about Equifax security breach through social media. Upon checking utilizing Equifax web tool to see if I was affected, was told that I was affected. News site XXXX ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ) states that my name, social security number, birth date, and addresses were exposed to criminals, information that is unique and unchangeable and thus may be used to exploit me for the indefinite future ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ). Had to spend my limited free time signing up for a fraud alert through XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc.  resulting in a data breach in XXXX 2017 ( as far as I know ). They confirmed I was affected by the breach per their " Potential Impact '' site www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. 

Thier gross negligence in data security has put me and millions of other customers at risk of Identity theft and financial fraud. Shamelessly, they are further attempting to capitalize on the situation by signing affected people up for " trial periods '' of their ID protection services that have hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company in what is clearly a situation of negligence/fraudulent behavior. Not only this, they have n't even contacted and informed the affected customers despite them clearly having the wherewithal to do so.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
Equifax 's security breach resulted in my private, personal information being inappropriately divulged to third parties without my knowledge or consent. Information included my name, address, and may have also included my date of birth and social security number. 

As a major credit reporter of the United States of America, it is Equifax 's responsibility to ensure that my information is secure against third parties, as well as security breaches or hacks, especially when I do not have a choice to opt-out of this this credit reporting service ( and believe me, I would. None of my information is secure unless I 'm the only one who knows it XXXX. 

Equifax should be continually updating its systems and ensuring that it hires enough staff to appropriately manage all data security risks that could possibly occur, through hardware, software, social engineering and the like. It is unacceptable that this data breach occurred, and there is no equivocal reparation that could possibly be made to rectify this situation, apart from issuing me a new, uncompromised identity. 

Equifax, as well as both other companies, XXXX and XXXX, should go through rigorous audits to ensure that their data security operations are impermeable. United States citizens do not explicitly consent to or authorize the use of their information by these third party companies, and as such there should be a mechanism in place to allow either an opt-out, or consistent, thorough security testing. I 'm not sure what data storage looks like for these companies, but any and all information should be both salted and hashed on the storage side and transmitted at no less than SSL XXXX encryption. 

I take my information security very seriously and it is somewhat likely that this mistake will cause me and many others much hardship in the future. The way that my information has been handled is unacceptable and deplorable, and I will be closely monitoring the outcome of this situation to ensure that parties are held responsible and accountable.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
Equifax was responsible for inadequately protecting consumer personal information, and increased my personal vulnerability to fraud as a result of my personal sensitive information being exposed along with millions of others from XX/XX/XXXX thru XX/XX/XXXX of this year..

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AK

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am extremely disappointed with how Equifax has handled reporting this breach. Very little was done to notify the public for nearly a month after the breach was detected. I received no email, letter, or phone call and instead had to discover it via social media. 

Going forward Equifax should be required to monitor every account and notify victims if any fraud occurs. Credit fraud protection should be mandatory for every account, not an option for us to have deal with. 

This should be rectified firstly by making credit freezing free and refunding everyone who paid for it following this data breach. Requiring a police report is absurd when they clearly know if you were affected.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CO

Complaint narrative:
Equifax released ( because of a hack ) my social security number, address, and other sensitive information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
According to Equifax, XXXX XXXX customers had information such as name, social security number, birthdates, addresses, driver 's licenses, and credit card numbers stolen from theor database. Also according to Equifax, I am risk for having had my information taken. Equifax 's gross negligence in handling this sensitive information is appalling. Furthermore, recent reports have surfaced citing a mass selling of stock by Equifax employees prior to public acknowledgement of hacking.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: LA

Complaint narrative:
My personal information was leaked by Equifax through a hack. After checking on their provided website to see if I was affected, it showed that my information had been compromised. I understand they are also a victim in this hack, but nevertheless, their responsibility is still large.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: WA

Complaint narrative:
Hello, After news of the Equifax hack, I went to https : XXXX to check if I was impacted. According to the website, I am and my data may be compromised. 

I would like to file this complaint to make sure my account is monitored and that I will not be victim to identity theft. 

Thank you, XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax did not properly secure my protected personal information from intrusion, such as through appropriate patching, 2-factor authentication at the point of service, segmentation of data, etc. As such, it appears my full name, Social Security numbers, birth date, addresses, and possibly driver license number is cross-matched to each other and in the hands of criminals who can use this data to breach any number of accounts in perpetuity such as my banking and financial data, medical data, legal complaints, political data, and any other number of sensitive accounts. 

Further, I am unable to secure these accounts because they ask for the very personal information that is breached in order to verify my identity and approve a change. 

Equifax is currently offering a limited credit monitoring service, which does n't even activate immediately. Even this had to be sought out by those who see the news reports, follow the news linksto the Equifax page, which in turn link to a shady third-party website asking for 2/3 of one 's social security number plus last name and a waiver of all class action recourse in order to discover if one is among the breached accounts, only changed to waive class action recourse from the third party site if  it too is breached with the sensitive data it is querying once the news of this spread. This is insufficient to the need created by their negligent protection of my information, which I did not give them myself, but which they curated as their business from other businesses.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
My information was stolen in the Equifax breach, leaving my social security number and other PII available for hackers to sell and use maliciously. I want compensation for the risk that this has brought me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I was unfortunately one of the ~143 million accounts affected by Equifax 's data leak that occurred in XXXX XXXX  2017. I obtained this info by verifying via the Equifax site set up for this ( https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com ).  Without knowing for certainty the extent of information leaked, I assume that my SSN, DL, DOB, address, credit card info and more were leaked and obtained by third-parties for fraudulent use. 

The manner in which Equifax has handled the situation - especially the creation of a non-arbitration clause to a meager 1-year identity theft service they administer, is shameful and nefarious.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
Potentially impacted by the security breach at Equifax in XXXX 2017. Went to their portal and entered my personal details. By Equifax 's assessment, my data may have been hacked and improperly released to outside parties. 

Checked my credit report with XXXX and nothing fishy as of yet, but I can not afford to keep buying credit reports once my 1 per year with the three credit unions runs out. 

I have also put a 90-day fraud alert on my credit.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Checking or savings account — Checking account
Issue: Problem caused by your funds being low — Overdrafts and overdraft fees
Company: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Wells Fargo had reported me to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX years ago because of numerous overdraft fees. I told them to close my account because there was an unauthorized transaction that came through and the bank knew I didnt have the money. They have also violated federal laws in issuing these fees. I had signed the agreement that stated not to overdraft my account.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation