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: MI

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: PA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XXXX/XXXX 2017 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 — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax, a company, and now a victim of the recent hack, has claimed that I am affected by the recent data breach. While I feel they are handling this fairly well, I do feel violated that a company I do n't even know, nor previously came into contact with is reporting that they have breached my credit card information. Please pursue this, as I 'm sure this violates my privacy and unlawfully uses my credit information for business profits.

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:
On XXXX XXXX, 2017, Equifax announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. The breach was originally discovered on XX/XX/XXXX. The information accessed primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, drivers license numbers. In addition, credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 U.S. consumers, and certain dispute documents with personal identifying information for approximately 182,000 U.S. consumers, were accessed. Equifax did not disclose if PIN numbers and other sensitive information was compromised as well, nor did it explain its delay in reporting the breach ( which it discovered in XX/XX/XXXX ) to the public. It was furthermore revealed that three Equifax executives had sold their company shares before the incident was made 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: IN

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XXXX/XXXX 2017 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 — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

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. 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.
Our records are among those that may have been impacted, according to the website.
We did NOT opt in to the XXXX XXXX credit monitoring and we do NOT consent to arbitration with Equifax regarding 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: OR

Complaint narrative:
Equifax - Did not adequately protect my personal data from hacking. Did not report that a breach had occurred in a timely manner ( allowed 6 weeks to pass before releasing a statement to the fact ). Did not notify me directly that my information was stolen. Attempted to offer a 1 year credit monitoring service that would require a credit card and charge after 12 months if not cancelled. Attempted to profit by still charging to freeze and unfreeze credit accounts.

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: VT

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 was hacked and lost personal data, including the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of about 143 million U.S. customers. Using their provided service at http : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/, I checked if I was affected and was informed that I was.

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 personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, and possibly more resulting in a data breach in XXXX/XXXX 2017. They confirmed that I was affected by their " Potential Impact '' site www.equifaxsecurity2017.com They have put myself and millions of others at risk of identity theft/fraud.

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:
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. 

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 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XXXX/XXXX 2017 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. 
I this rectified by improving their security features, by making credit freezing free and refunding everyone who paid for it following this data breach. The negligent loss of personal information of nearly 200 million consumers is an unconscionable breech of ethical behavior by this company and it is further unreasonable that they are not directly notifying every single person affected by this regardless of their questionable " judgment '' of who to contact.

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: UT

Complaint narrative:
XXXX infamously mishandled millions of Americans private data including my own.

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 Inc. recently disclosed that its systems were struck by a cyberattack that may have affected the credit information of 143 million US customers. It was announced that intruders accessed social security numbers, birth dates, names, addresses and driver 's licence numbers. Equifax also provided an online website for customers to check if they are affected. Based on the information provided there, I was told that I may be among the affected customers whose information was improperly accessed by the intruders.

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 was paid
Company: The CMI Group, Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
I have paid XXXX XXXX XXXX in full. Credit Management is still collecting on a debt that they know I have paid in full directly to XXXX XXXX. I called Credit Management to inform them that this account was paid in full ; however, is still reporting on my credit negatively. I am not sure how they are able to collect on a debt that has been paid in full to the original merchant XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. 

When I made the payment with XXXX XXXX, I was told that since I was paying my debt in full that it would be deleted from my credit report, as I do not owe anything else.

Company public response: Company disputes the facts presented in the complaint
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: WI

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XXXX 2017 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 — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MD

Complaint narrative:
I have found myself to be part of the hack involving 143 million consumer records that were taken from Equifax. The company has mishandled this data and allowed the identities of everyone involved to be at risk for the rest of their lives. For the foreseeable future it will now be necessary for myself and many others to consistently check our credit reports, handle potential identity theft, and more while incurring the full cost of time, money, and anything else that may come up. 

I have already had two credit cards compromised during the time of this incident and can only hope my other accounts are safe.

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.

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 information sometime in XXXX and has confirmed it through the site they provided to check if I was affected. This has led to a breach that puts myself and over a million of other 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. Equifax as well as other credit reporting industries should be required to use proper, and common sense, security measures to secure data going forward. Being forced to use a credit checking service due to the nature of how credit works, and the fact they are such a cornerstone for this type of service makes this breach inexcusable and clearly proper security measures were not in place nor acted upon. The fact this breach went unreported or dealt with for so long shows serious negligence and a lack of concern for the sensitive material they are privileged to handle. Equifax should be forced to compensate ALL affected customers for mishandling their information and for all current and future damages caused by this breach. Also more than 1 year of credit monitoring should be offered due to the nature of the information taken and the fact that it could effectively be used within the rest of any of our lifetimes. 

This is a serious breach that exposes myself and over a hundred million others to credit fraud, stress, and potential hardship and I fully expect Equifax to be dealt with to the fullest extent of the 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
My personal information, including sensitive information that can be used to take out lines of credit on my behalf, was leaked by Equifax. This mishandling of my information has put me and millions of others at risk. Upon checking equifaxsecurity2017.com, I learned that I am a potential victim, and am requesting that they rectify this by making credit freezing free and refunding everyone who paid for it following this data breach. The negligent loss of personal information of nearly 200 million consumers is an unconscionable breech of ethical behavior by this company and it is further unreasonable that they are not directly notifying every single person affected by this regardless of their questionable " judgment '' of who to contact.

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:
My personal information was included in the recent database leak from Equifax. Information includes SSN, DOB, first and last name, and my address. I believe a company possess information as valuable as this should be help accountable for their actions.

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: NC

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 card or prepaid card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: CITIBANK, N.A.
State: IL

Complaint narrative:
I had previously filed a complaint against CitiBank for my best buy card to dispute the late payments being reported. I had mentioned to them that there were late payments on my credit report that I did not agree with but they sent me the attached letter and verified it as well as the credit bureaus verified the late payments. 

But what I found after doing my research is the CitiBank violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by verified data that they said is correct but reported something totally different to the credit bureaus. They said I was 30 days past due as of XXXX XXXX but the credit report clearly shows me being 30 days past due as of XXXX XXXX. Therefore, I have reason to believe that no real investigation was done and this was just a templated response.

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