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: PA

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.
Equifax has mishandled my information, did n't notify me, and now has cost me several hours, some money ( to freeze my credit with three bureaus ) and will continue soaking my time and money to deal with paying for and unfreezing reports as necessary in the future.
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: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
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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 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: Incorrect information on your report — Account status incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I went on Equifax Cybersecurity last night and my data has been breached, when I try to apply I get kicked off of the site. I have called three times, I am left on hold for over an hour. Site mentions that I can call XXXX from XXXX, when I try to sign up, I get kicked off. I am concerned with my data being breached being I have already been a victim of ID theft four times, it has effected my credit file and score.

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 fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
Equifax is not allowing victims of their own data breach to place credit freezes on their account without charging them. I understand the process and that I can only supposedly get one with a valid police report, but I should not have to pay money to the entity that confirms it lost all my personally identifying information in a massive security breach. I would like my credit to be frozen on their end and I want them to reimburse me the {$20.00} I spent to put credit freezes on my XXXX and XXXX reports, as I should not have to pay for their mistake. I have attempted to call Equifax, find a way to contact them through the web, and have not been successful. Their automated system does not have any option to place a freeze without paying, there is no option to talk to a representative. I do not want to sign up for their credit monitoring and bind myself to their arbitration agreement. This is the single-most egregious thing a company has ever done to the American Consumer as a whole. I want my credit frozen and the cost of my freezes at the other two agencies reimbursed.

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: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
This compliant is regarding numerous letters mailed and faxes to XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX Credit Bureaus since XX/XX/2017, I have kept documentations on when letters have been mailed and when they have been received by Transactioins. In these letters I disputed very old accounts that contain concerning information which is not correct and it is affecting my credit report and score. I disputed the accuracy of account # XXXX from XXXX XXXX and the three accounts with XXXX XXXX accounts # XXXX. 

These items are in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 611 ( a ) ( 7 ), I  have never owed this company and wrote XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX  about its accuracy and why it is appearing on my credit report. I have not heard anything from them and asking for proof to show which has been continually ignored and not provided. I have also repeatedly asked for evidence to support there reporting and their method of verification and they have failed to comply accordingly.

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: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
This compliant is regarding numerous letters mailed and faxes to XXXX, XXXX, and Experian Credit Bureaus since XX/XX/XXXX, I have kept documentations on when letters have been mailed and when they have been received by XXXX In these letters I disputed very old accounts that contain concerning information which is not correct and it is affecting my credit report and score. I disputed the accuracy of account # XXXX from XXXX XXXX  and the three accounts with XXXX XXXX accounts #  XXXX. 

These items are in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 611 ( a ) ( 7 ), I have never owed this company and wrote XXXX, XXXX, and Experian about its accuracy and why it is appearing on my credit report. I have not heard anything from them and asking for proof to show which has been continually ignored and not provided. I have also repeatedly asked for evidence to support there reporting and their method of verification and they have failed to comply accordingly.

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: NY

Complaint narrative:
I was affected by the security breach at Equifax and am vet angry. I want credit monitors for my life time and not just one year. Any criminal will wait it out one year and then I am at risk. This is wrong.

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 with a lender or other company charging your account — Transaction was not authorized
Company: U.S. BANCORP
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
I disputed an amount of {$130.00} for a charge on my account that should not have happen with US Bank. I received a rental car from XXXX XXXX after an accident with my car. The other person 's insurance company had to pay for the damages. I was to receive a rental car during the time my car was in the shop. I was told by XXXX that I will not be charged for the rental, just the holding fee of {$50.00}, which will be returned to me after I return the rental car. I received the rental on XXXX XXXX, XXXX and returned the car on XXXX XXXX, XXXX and my balance was at {$0.00}. A week later on XXXX XXXX, XXXX, my bank account had a charge of {$130.00} from XXXX XXXX which put my account in negative and received an overdraft fee of {$36.00}. I contacted XXXX and was told by the Manager, that she was sorry, she did n't know how to process a rental through the insurance company. I asked for the payment to be credited back into my account and was told they can not give credit after the rental agreement has been closed. I was shocked, after they took my money when the agreement was closed. I then contacted US bank to dispute the claim, I was given credit back in my account after 10 days from XXXX XXXX, XXXX. I did not receive the dispute paperwork until XXXX XXXX, XXXX. I sent over receipts from XXXX that showed my balance as {$0.00} and receipts that show they billed the insurance company. My dispute claim was denied after US bank card service received information from XXXX that the insurance company sent me a check after I disputed the amount. I was charged several overdraft fees in the amount of {$320.00} from the beginning of my dispute to now. Recently, I was charged {$280.00} of overdraft fees on Wednesday XXXX XXXX, XXXX, Thursday XXXX XXXX, XXXX, and Friday XXXX XXXX, XXXX. Overall, US Bank should have protected my account after I explained to them, that I should not have been charged in the first place. Instead I 'm stuck with multiple overdraft fees and I ca n't pay my bills for the month. US Bank did take into consideration that I did not authorize XXXX to take that amount out of my account. I spoke to several bankers, the claim department, as well as the bank manager that I open my account with, about removing the overdraft fees and all they say is there 's nothing they can do until I send in paperwork showing that the insurance company paid XXXX XXXX directly. Instead of the bank charging me 1 overdraft fee of {$36.00} for the forced charge back on my account in the amount of {$130.00} that occurred on Wednesday XXXX XXXX, the bank charged me 8 overdraft fees for my purchases made before this forced charge back. This is unethical practices and I will like someone to look into my issue.

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: WA

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: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: KY

Complaint narrative:
After becoming aware of the security breach at Equifax, I checked their website to see if I had been potential affected by the breach. The website stated that it had in fact potentially been affected, but unbeknownst to me, in acquiring this information I had also waived might right to pursue any legal action against them ( this message was not displayed anywhere viewable on the page, but was apparently in the fine print ). Immediately after learning that I had been possibly affected, I attempted to place a freeze on my credit through Equifax online ( this was XX/XX/XXXX ). The website denied the request, stating I would have to send in physical copies of my SSN and other sensitive personal information to complete the request. However, my bank account was immediately charged the {$10.00} fee for a freeze request, despite it not going through. I attempted to reach out to Equifax via phone, email, live chat, and even XXXX with no response. Later on XX/XX/XXXX I called their automated freeze request line and was told that the freeze had been successfully and provided a PIN. My bank account was then charged AGAIN for the freeze request, another {$10.00}. With no way of getting in touch with someone at Equifax, I feel helpless. I was able to speak with one man at the dedicated Equifax Hack information line, but he had no idea what I was even talking about and continued to repeat that " they were working diligently to get the website working. '' I had to hang up after getting nothing else out of him. I 'm terrified that after this massive security breach, even freezing my credit scores wo n't be enough to protect myself, and being charged double by Equifax, who is actually at fault for this, is just adding insult to injury. I do n't know what else to do. 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: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax Inc. severely mishandled my personal data, not putting adequate safeguards in place to secure my personal information. My information is now compromised, along with the personal data for millions of other Americans.
I am listed as a potential victim according to their equifaxsecurity2017.com website and would like a resolution.

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 including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XX/XX/XXXX/XX/XX/XXXX2017 that they confirmed I was affected by per their " Potential Impact '' site 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.
They are simultaneously defrauding these injured parties with hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company in what is clearly a situation of criminal negligence/fraudulent behavior as indicated by the three Equifax executives that 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 — Other personal consumer report
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Company was negligent with customer data, with the result of putting the entire system with which the country does business at risk. The data that was stolen may invalidate the way we bank, secure our financial reputations, and are identified by the government. This does not even include the extreme risk of personal identity theft and the loss of money, time, and emotional wellbeing that goes along with that.
The additional information that Experian has lied overtly in their online web portal by randomly reporting if customers are victims of the hack is further evidence of their willful negligence.

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: WA

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: Incorrect information on your report — Account status incorrect
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I went on XXXX XXXX last night and my data has been breached, when I try to apply I get kicked off of the site. I have called three times, I am left on hold for over an hour. Site mentions that I can call XXXX from XXXX, when I try to sign up, I get kicked off. I am concerned with my data being breached being I have already been a victim of ID theft four times, it has effected my credit file and score.

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: Incorrect information on your report — Account status incorrect
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
I went on XXXX XXXX last night and my data has been breached, when I try to apply I get kicked off of the site. I have called three times, I am left on hold for over an hour. Site mentions that I can call XXXX from XXXX, when I try to sign up, I get kicked off. I am concerned with my data being breached being I have already been a victim of ID theft four times, it has effected my credit file and score.

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 card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Advertising and marketing, including promotional offers — Didn't receive advertised or promotional terms
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
Hello, I applied and was approved an AMEX XXXX card with a promotional sign-on bonus. This bonus was to spend {$3000.00} USD in the first 3 months for XXXX XXXX points and to spend an addition {$2000.00} USD within the first 6 months for another XXXX XXXX points. The second bonus is not being honored by AMEX even though I made the required purchasing amount within the time-frame. AMEX claims it is " not attached to my account. '' The card was approved on XX/XX/XXXX. This special promotion ended on XX/XX/XXXX. I 'm attaching screenshots of this information. I 've contested this issue with AMEX and they have denied it saying it 's not attached to my account. This is a technical issue, as I had to open multiple challenges with AMEX to even get the first XXXX bonus, which after 6 months of calling them and opening challenges, has finally been posted to my account.

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: CA

Complaint narrative:
Dates : During months of Mid-XX/XX/XXXX - XX/XX/XXXX Company : Equifax Inc.
Summary : " 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 U.K. and Canadian 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 mid-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. The company set up a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, that consumers can use to determine whether their information was compromised. Its also offering free credit-file monitoring and identify-theft protection. '' Due to this incident, I believe that my personal information such as SSN, Addresses, Credit Card numbers may have been published on the internet. This places my identity at high risk of theft and makes me a prime target. I would not be placed in such situation if it was not for the lack of security at Equifax Inc.

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 put my credit and financial security at risk by giving access to my personal information without my consent, refusing to offer a sufficient resolution that would make my future credit security safe, and keeping the breach a secret while I was at risk.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation