Consumer complaint received 2024-05-06 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: NY

Complaint narrative:
I have recently obtained copies of my personal consumer credit report ( s ) and have discovered questionable and/or inadequately verified data in my file at your company 's office ( s ), as reported on my reviewed files. I am concerned that this information may have been inadvertently or intentionally re-added to my credit report profile by your company 's office ( s ) following its earlier removal from reporting, without issuing the requisite 5-day notice to me as mandated by reporting regulations that you MUST comply with. 

As per the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), any item of reporting that has been previously removed can not be reinserted onto any consumer 's credit report profile without written notice from at least the accepting credit reporting agency ( ies ) /repository ( ies ) directly to me, the injured consumer, within five ( 5 ) business days of the alleged date of reinsertion. I want to inform you that I have not yet received any such notice or confirmation of the accuracy and completeness of your reported claim ( s ). 

Listed below are the Personal Information that are being challenged Employer XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Your agency is in breach of the law! According to 15 U.S.C. 1681 section 602 A, I am entitled to privacy. Furthermore, 15 U.S.C. 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 specifies that a consumer reporting agency may not provide an account without my explicit written permission. Additionally, 15 U.S.C. 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) states that no consumer reporting agency is permitted to include any adverse information in a consumer report if the event occurred more than seven years ago, except for criminal convictions. Lastly, 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) mandates that no person should provide information about a consumer to a consumer reporting agency if they know or suspect the information to be inaccurate. 

NOTICE FOR REMOVAL OF INQUIRY REQUEST : According to Section 604 of US CODE 15 USC 1681 et seq., it is clearly stated that any entity requesting access to a consumer 's credit report must have a lawfully acquired and permissible purpose as outlined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ). We demand to know if you and/or any other reporting party have provable and demonstrated lawful permissible purpose ( s ) for obtaining my credit report profile or any portion thereof. You must provide physically verifiable proof of this lawful permissible purpose, even if I have not authorized the inquiry or have no knowledge of it. Failure to provide such proof means that you must remove any inquiry reporting related to the event ( s ) in question. I am challenging you to demonstrate your mandatorily submitted permissible purpose proofs, and I hereby demand that you delete any such alleged inquiry reporting upon your failure to do so in a timely manner, whether willfully or due to your reckless ignorance. 

I am concerned about potential harm caused by mixed or merged information, deviously reported inaccuracies such as status and activity dates, and balance and remark questions. These can directly affect my credit score, credit to balance ratio, debt to income ratio, and my ability to present my true creditworthiness for major loans such as for a vehicle, home, employment, etc.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief