Consumer complaint received 2024-12-16 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PR

Complaint narrative:
After reviewing my monthly consumer report I noticed your company EQUIFAX is reporting line items on my Consumer Report that are known to be EXCLUSIONS. According to the Federal Credit Reporting Act Transactions or Experiences on a consumer report is described as EXCLUSIONS. Any validation or verification of the line item does not reverse or make the law 15 US CODE 1681a inapplicable. 15 US CODE 1681a - Definitions ; rules of construction section 2. Such a line item depicting my Transactions or Experiences is an injurious action to me by your company EQUIFAX. Your company EQUIFAX is reporting EXCLUSIONS on my consumer report as Not More Than Two Payments Past Due, Worst Delinquency and in its Older Derogatory section of my EQUIFAX Consumer Report. It is my right to pursue and collect damages up to {$1000.00} from your company ( EQUIFAX ) considering that your company is wilfully non-compliant according to 15 US CODE 1681n Civil Liability for Willful Noncompliance ( a ) IN GENERAL Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. Clearly, under the law a late payment is considered a Transaction and should not have been added to my consumer report. 

Here are the accounts by name and account number XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX 30 DAYS PAST DUE ; XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX60 DAYS XX/XX/XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXX/XX/XXXX, Account 30 days past due date two times I am demanding the following EXCLUSIONS listed above as Not More Than Two Payments Past Due, Worst Delinquency and in its Older Derogatory section be removed immediately from my EQUIFAX Consumer Report. The laws fully supporting my demands are listed below are as follows : 15 US CODE 1681a - Definitions ; rules of construction Section 2 - Exclusions subsection A subsection in - reports containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between the consumer and the person making the report. 

15 usc 6802 Obligations with the respect of disclosure of personal information : ( b ) OPT OUT ( C ) the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. 

15 U.S. Code 1681b - Permissible purposes of consumer reports Under 15 usc 1681n, - Civil liability for willful noncompliance ( a ) IN GENERAL Any person who willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this subchapter with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of ( A ) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or damages of not less than {$100.00} and not more than {$1000.00} ; or ( B ) in the case of liability of a natural person for obtaining a consumer report under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose, actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or {$1000.00}, whichever is greater ; as a consumer I can charge {$1000.00} for damages if you don't remove this item because it is very injurious to me. 

PLEASE DO NOT SAY THE ITEM HAS BEEN VERIFIED. Either the law is applicable or not! 

Send an updated copy once the item disputed has been removed. I appreciate your immediate response and attention to this matter and corrected service of my Consumer Report.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation