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: NJ

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including my name, social security number, address, birthdate, driver 's license number, credit card numbers, and potentially more. A data breach occurred in XX/XX/XXXX but they did not notify me of the breach, instead directing me to another credit monitoring product at www.equifaxsecurity2017.com containing egregious terms of service language. The complimentary product they offer is only available for a year, which does not cover the period of time necessary to protect my social security number from fraud resulting from the breach. Equifax ultimately did not have the necessary security protocols in place to handle highly sensitive personal information of 143 million Americans, and they 're actions afterward are not in good faith.

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: IN

Complaint narrative:
Equifax has mishandled my information, did n't notify me ( I found out via social media and had to go to their poorly made response site to check for myself ), and now has cost me several hours, some money ( to freeze my credit with 4 bureaus and XXXX XXXX ) and will continue soaking my time and money to deal with paying for and unfreezing reports as necessary in the future. 

My family 's mobile account was also hacked on XXXX XXXX, 2017 causing all our devices to be locked out from our access. This took 4 days to resolve and we had to cancel all credit cards that were tied to the account. 

This is an undue burden from a company I have never chosen to do business with - they are a vendor of my vendors/creditors. 

Please take prompt and decisive action to ensure I am compensated a minimum of {$250.00} for their negligence and that something like this does not occur again.

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 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: PA

Complaint narrative:
I am potentially exposed to the XXXX 2017 Equifax data breach. This is the most recent of many data breaches I have been potentially impacted by. It is clear to me that companies that are in possession of my highly personal identification details are incompetent in regards to its safe keeping. For every one of these breaches, these companies offer a year of " free '' credit monitoring which then is charged as a subscription service thereafter. To single out Equifax, there are reports that agreeing to such a service is also agreeing to forced arbitration, essentially holding my identity and rights as a consumer to take legal action hostage for such protection. This information is in most cases permanent and unchangeable without undue burden such as a social security number. I feel that these companies have not taken appropriate actions to safeguard my personal information because there is no incentive for safekeeping or monetary penalty for failure ( i.e. fine levied ). It is an insult that they will offer " monitoring '' to the victim of these breaches through their own corporate division when they are the the entity that is clearly incapable of protecting my information in the first place. At a minimum, I would expect industry wide changes in practice that penalize corporations for their inability to safeguard this information. I believe lifetime credit monitoring is more than a fair trade for the repeated exposure of this information that an individual like myself has endured.

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 — Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
To Whom it May Concern : I have sent in several disputes about XXXX XXXX XXXX, and their illegal repossession of the vehicle in question. XXXX has yet to response to me and this has been going on since XXXX 2017. I cant see how this credit bureau has been updating this account when XXXX has seen this is an illegal repossession and removed it from my credit report ( attached ) .This account is being illegally reported on my credit report. I formally disputed it. 
Furthermore, if at any time during your investigation the above account is verified by XXXX I am requesting your method of verification pursuant to the FCRA, including the name of the person with whom you spoke, who has firsthand knowledge of the account in question.

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
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 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: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
2. I was the primary cardholder of a Citi Diamond Preferred Card ending in XXXX ( hereinafter the card ). 
3. The only other user of the card is my son XXXX who had a card bearing his name with the identical card number. 
4. In late XX/XX/XXXX and early XX/XX/XXXX, I received a bill from Citi Cards for charges placed on the card which were not made by me or by anyone I authorized. 
5. I reviewed these unauthorized charges with my son XXXX XXXX and he informed me that he did not charge the items nor did he give anyone permission to charge those items. ( See attached affidavit of XXXX XXXX ) 6. The charges totaled thousands of dollars and were at stores I never shopped at and in neighborhoods I did not frequent. 
7. I called Citi Card on several occasions to dispute the aforementioned unauthorized charges.
8. I spoke to Citi representatives on several occasions, each time indicating to them which charges I disputed.
9. Never during the period in question did any representative of Citi Card call me to ask me about potentially fraudulent charges to my account that appeared on their face to be of a suspicious nature.
10. The charges I disputed are attached hereto under the heading Billing Disputes and highlighted in pink.
11. In spite of the claim on my Citi Card bill that the items listed under Billing Disputes have been Resolved, Citi Card continues to bill me on a monthly basis for these unauthorized charges.
12. Furthermore, upon information and belief, Citi Card caused collection agents to send collection letters to my home address for charges that I do not owe after I told Citi Card on several occasions that I do not owe these charges.
13. Upon information and belief, Citi Cards persistence in collecting a debt not owed by continuing to send me bills I do not owe and in causing collection agencies to send harassing letters to my home violates the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( see 15 U.S.C, 1692 ) and New Yorks Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Section 600.

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
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 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. I 've already spent money purchasing additional Credit Monitoring services as well as Identity Protection services. 

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: NC

Complaint narrative:
Equifax leaked my personal info including SSN, DOB, drivers licensee number and address

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:
Due to the third party hack of Equifax, my personal information ( SSN, date of birth, credit card numbers, home address, telephone number, and other key personal info ) could have been or was stolen. According to the Equifax security site, where they will obscurely tell you if your information was stolen, and mine was. The hack happened in XXXX but we were not told about it until Thursday, XX/XX/XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Vehicle loan or lease — Loan
Issue: Struggling to pay your loan — Denied request to lower payments
Company: Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I went to XXXX in a time of need searching for a car. I was sold a XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX with a selling price of XXXX which is was over the value but doable. After a year of constant on-time payments I figured it was time for me to refinance, wrong! I was told by numerous banks that they were unable to lower my payments due to the value and age of the vehicle vs. the amount owed on it. I was confused. Somehow I ended up being financed more than needed and owed a total of XXXX after a year which apparently came down from XXXX. I was in a shock. I feel like I was taken advantage of being a young kid in need of a car. I even asked the lender if I was able to trade in my vehicle for something with lower miles due to being affected by hurricane Harvey I am now back and forth between XXXX and XXXX they replied, " If your balance is XXXX or lower. '' I asked was a able to re-negotiate my contract that was a no. I tried every way possible to remedy this situation it is impossible, especially with no help from the lender or dealership. I do not recommend doing business with them, they are not for the customer.

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
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 failed to take proper safeguards on my personal financial information, and the financial information of 143 million others. 

After learning about the breach, but long before they notified the public, company leadership started selling off their stocks. This is unacceptable. 

All aspects of this breach, including the insider trading, must be fully investigated and Equifax 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: NE

Complaint narrative:
I am a part of the Equifax hack and my information was stolen and now all my personal information can be sold to the highest bidder due to corporate negligence.

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: MO

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX/XXXX/2017, I was informed that there had been a data breach of Equifax, which contained very sensitive information on millions of people in the US. I was directed to use their tool to check on the status of my information at www.equifaxsecurity2017.com and was informed my information had been compromised. This may include my name, address, social security number, and more. This breach makes my sensitive information potentially public and puts myself at risk for identity fraud, and is an improper use of my 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:
Equifax released my information without my consent to a 3rd party on XX/XX/XXXX and did not divulge to me that it was given out until early XX/XX/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: TX

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information by failing to properly secure data on their systems which has led to a cyber-security 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 or include arbitration clauses in ToS. 
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. 
Equifax corporate insiders should also be investigated for potentially cashing out stock prior to announcing the 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: VA

Complaint narrative:
Submitting a complaint about the Equifax hacking. The company kept my personal details in a non-secure form, allowing outside parties to obtain the information. It would appear the company did not take the proper precautions in order to protect my information, and from the reports, did not even attempt to. The hack occurred months ago, ( XX/XX/XXXX ) and has just been reported this month ( XX/XX/XXXX ).
I have already checked my credit report, and have taken the proper precautions that I am able to take on my side, but the fact remains that Equifax did not properly handle my information - whether on purpose or completely negligent.

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 had a data leak where they did not notify the affected consumers -- even now the consumer has to be proactive.

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, a service i had no option to opt-in or opt-out of using, allowed my PII to be obtained by people with malicious intentions. The personal information that was obtained includes name, current address including address history, social security number, state issued ID number, birth date, and more. 

This information is not able to be changed like an email address or password. The impact of this situation will follow me for the entirety of my life.

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 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: MD

Complaint narrative:
As a result of the Equifax hack, my information has been disclosed improperly. I fear this will affect my ability to successfully apply for credit in the future and places me at higher risk for 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: IL

Complaint narrative:
I 'm complaining about how Equifax is handling there security leak with the fact that both mine and my wife 's social security number, name, DOB, address and possibly more has been leaked because they have a very WEAK cyber security practice. Why would you have your database linked to web interface without many authorization and allow direct connect is beyond my understanding. The leaking happened during the summer and they also did n't report or make such leak public util early XX/XX/XXXX, which provide window for greater risk for us involved. 

I have to freeze all my credit on three bureaus to make sure my information will not be used inappropriately my criminals, a step which I should never have to take for something that I was not blamed for. I tried to contact Equifax but I could never get through their customer service number to a real person.

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: TN

Complaint narrative:
Equifax used improper network and data security practices that resulted in my personal data being leaked to individuals of ill intent. I should be able to trust a credit reporting agency to take appropriate security measures to avoid compromising the identities and personal financial security of it 's customers.

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 — Received unsolicited financial product or insurance offers after opting out
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
Due to the Equifax data breach affecting 143 million people, my information was potentially stolen. I am taking the necessary steps to protect my self, however learning about the breach a month after it happened is alarming.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation