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: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Didn't receive services that were advertised
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
Equifax Security Breach : I 'm very concerned that the most secure data I own was given up by a company I 've never done business with and have not control over. The implications of this breach are enormous for my family and for our nation considering half the population was impacted. I think the Federal Government needs to step in to protect the U.S. citizens on this security threat. We ca n't wait and need to do something now. This should have just as high priority as the funding for Hurricane victims. Please help.

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: Unable to get your credit report or credit score — Other problem getting your report or credit score
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: CO

Complaint narrative:
Because of the data breach at equifax, I am putting a freeze on all 3 credit bureaus.
I had no trouble doing this with both XXXX and XXXX. BUT.. experian is causing me trouble.
I entered all the correct data on their website. But..they claim I did n't answer a question. Correctly. When I looked for more information ... I was told the question about a vehicle I purchased prior to XX/XX/XXXXwas incorrect.
Well..I am XXXX  years old. I have owned a XX/XX/XXXX, a XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX a XX/XX/XXXX a XX/XX/XXXX a XX/XX/XXXX a XX/XX/XXXX, and a XX/XX/XXXX. But..they only want one. Which one? I think I guessed wrong. How in the world can anyone my age ever get this right?
Also..the question about phone numbers ... 3 of the possible answers were correct ... which one do they want? 3 are true.
So..now they want copies of my current utility bills to prove my current address. I have been the sole caregiver for my elderly parents for the last year ... the bills are all in their names.
How do I get thru to them? I need to see what is on my report and I need that credit frozen.
Every other redit report bureau had no trouble with my info ... geez ...
Please help!
Contact me at XXXX. Or by phone. XXXX XXXX I am really worried that the timing I. This is very important Thank you, - XXXX

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 non-monetary relief
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: MD

Complaint narrative:
Equifax allowed my information and the information of millions of Americans to be lost in a security breach. In addition to abusing the trust of the American people, they have sold stock before the information was released and are offering fraud protection in exchange for the right to sue them.

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: MN

Complaint narrative:
Through the 2017 security breach, some amount of my personal information was released without my consent. Because equifax has all my credit-related information, this is valuable information to identify thieves. Use of this information by thieves would be a significant financial burden and inconvenience that could lead to lost time, money, and credit standing. 

I believe equifax took too long in informing the public of the breach which increases the likelihood of the stolen information spreading to thieves.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt is not yours
Company: Genesis Credit Management, LLC
State: AZ

Complaint narrative:
I was sent a collection letter on XXXX XXXX from a company called Genesis Credit Management saying I owed money to a company called XXXX XXXX XXXX. I have never done business with a company by the name of XXXX XXXX XXXX and there is absolutely no way they can produce a contract or agreement with my signature that says
otherwise. The letter stated that I owed over 2k in charges that I had never heard about and that I frankly, do not owe! I sent off a letter requesting validation. Needless to say, I have not received it but I monitor my credit closely and tonight I received an alert about a new collection account on my credit report from Genesis Credit Management reporting that I owe this debt. That is against the law. They are in direct violation of FDCPA Section 809 ( b ) because they reported it anyway without validating and FDCPA Section 807 ( 8 ) because they reported it and did n't report it as disputed. I have the documentation to back up my claims of validation, that it was disputed within 30 days, when it was sent and I also printed a copy of my credit report tonight and
how its currently reporting in case litigation has to take place. I 'm hoping we can get this resolved swiftly and without legal recourse.

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: GA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax security breach and website is unable to authenticate me to allow me to place a credit lock. I tried calling and was unable to get through to anyone who could help.

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: NC

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 links to 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: TX

Complaint narrative:
Alerted on XXXX XXXX that my personal information could have been affected by the Equifax data 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: FL

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including name, social security number, address, birthdate, driver 's license number, and possibly more. They allowed a data breach to occur in XXXX XXXX, and they confirmed I could be affected on their website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. They have put myself and millions of others at risk of identity theft/fraud due to negligent security protocols in handling consumer information. They are further attempting to capitalize on the situation by signing injured parties they are responsible for up for " trial periods '' of their ID protection services. The negligent loss of personal information of nearly 200 million consumers is unconscionably unethical, and it is further unreasonable that they are not directly notifying every single person affected by this incident.

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: TX

Complaint narrative:
Equifax, willing or not, has put me at risk. By not protecting my consumer/credit info on any and all data systems in use by Equifax, Equifax has not acted with due diligence to provide my account info with a reasonable level of privacy. As Equifax is a " one-stop '' entity housing all of my consumer/credit info, they have provided, willing or not, a means for unauthorized parties access to sensitive info that may put an unfair burden on me to maintain my credit health going forward from the date of the Equifax breach. As a consumer, I have done my due diligence to maintain, update, correct, and protect my credit ratings and history. I believe Equifax should be required to provide me, without cost to me, a 7 year Extended Fraud Victim alert service and agree to reimburse me any money amounts I may incur as a result of the Equifax security breach. Further, Equifax should compensate me, at a rate of $ XXXX/hour any time I spend disputing/correcting any fraudulent use of my credit information, for the duration of 7 years beginning with the date Equifax became aware that my credit info was compromised by way of Equifax 's data systems.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Written notification about debt — Didn't receive notice of right to dispute
Company: Duncan Solutions, lnc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I checked my credit report and there was a company I had never heard of. I never conducted business with. This company is XXXX XXXXt Address : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, WI I wrote a certified letter to the company but I still did not receive a response.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
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: MN

Complaint narrative:
Equifax allowed my information to be stolen, failed to give timely notification, and worst of all are wanting me to sign up for credit monitoring owned by them with a credit card so they can start charging me on year two if I forget to notify them properly. They al so are not notifying people of XXXX and birth dates are stolen only credit cards

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: OH

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.

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: NC

Complaint narrative:
Yesterday, XXXX XXXX of 2017, I received word from public news that Equifax was hit with a security breach that has affected 147 Million citizens. I have put myself on fraud alert. I have done an annual report and have saved those reports.
I attempted to check with Equifax if I am certainly one out of 147 million compromised by going to their TrustedID Premiere. Entered my information ( last 6 of social and last name ), and it says " Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident. '' This is asking me to enroll in a service just to see if I was affected or not. From what others on social media are saying, there was a clause that would prevent myself from taking a class action lawsuit if I continued. 

I also saw based on their FAQ their would be no waiver of rights for enrollment due to the security breach. Unfortunately, the seed is planted, and I find it discomforting that I may be doing my self more harm that good just to get peace of mind. 

I understand the gravitas in this breach and mass number in accounts compromised. However, based on news of this breach, I only feel these actions made from Equifax, placing roadblocks on getting the answers I 'm seeking, has only made things harder for myself and my family in the future.

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: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem — Was not notified of investigation status or results
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CT

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 — Report provided to employer without your written authorization
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax did not take the necessary steps to prevent a security breach which put the information of over 140 million individuals, including myself, at potential risk of identity theft. In addition to this, they waited nearly a month after the breach was detected to notify their customers, but provided timely enough updates to their shareholders that they could sell their stock and make a profit. Equifax should be required to monitor all the affected accounts and notify their customers if any fraud occurs. Credit fraud protection should be a mandatory they must now provide, not a burden for the victims to take care of.

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: DC

Complaint narrative:
Equifax allowed significant private information about me including my Social Security Number, date of birth, addresses and potentially credit card numbers to be shared with hackers, putting me at significant risk of identity theft. 

I have confirmed via the Equifax website that my information was stolen : " Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident. ''

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:
Sometime around XXXX of 2017 Equifax had a data breach and lost 143 million Americans personal data. I am one of them. It looks like the company sold a bunch if it 's stock as a reaction to this issue.

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 mishandled my personal information and did not have adequate redundancies in place to prevent a data breach that affected myself along with 143 million others. They also failed to inform me immediately and I suspect insider trading occurred as a result of this. They must be held 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: TX

Complaint narrative:
Alerted on XX/XX/XXXX that my personal information could have been affected by the Equifax data 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:
My information appears to have been stolen in the Equifax hack. However, I do n't want to relinquish my rights to potentially sue, which is what signing up for their monitoring service entails. The CFPB or other agency needs to force Equifax 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.

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: MN

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2017, Equifax announced that they were the victim of a hack that occurred on or about XXXX 2017 that leaked my personal information according to their victim reporting tool at this address : https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.comXXXX According to this site, and after I sent my identifying information for them to check says that my information has been leaked due to to this hack. 

They have put myself and millions of others at risk of identity theft/fraud due to negligent security protocols in handling consumer information. They are further attempting to capitalize on the situation by signing injured parties they are responsible for up for " trial periods '' of their ID protection services. They are simultaneously defrauding these injured parties with hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company. It is clearly a situation of criminal negligence/fraudulent behavior as indicated by the three Equifax executives who dumped stock immediately prior to the data breach announcement.

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:
Regarding the recent Equifax data breach reported on XXXX XXXX, 2017, I am joining others in complaining about the lack of care this company took with our valuable personal information. We should not have to enroll in a service that they will charge us for once the so-called free trial period expires and we forget to opt out. Furthermore, the company 's former executives clearly violated SEC rules and made a bunch of money before making this known to the public. They should be fined and the proceeds go to provide credit monitoring for those of us affected by the data 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: MA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information in XXXX - XXXX 2017 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.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation