Consumer complaint received 2024-11-29 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: GA

Complaint narrative:
RE : XXXX XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Im writing your agency because you are in violation of 15 U.S Code 1681i ( 5 ) ( B ) ( ii ) ( iii ). These items were deleted and you reinserted them without notifying me 5 business days after and certifying that the items was validated properly. I demand you to delete these items from my credit file or i will seek litigation.

( 5 ) Treatment of inaccurate or unverifiable information ( B ) Requirements relating to reinsertion of previously deleted material ( i ) Certification of accuracy of information If any information is deleted from a consumers file pursuant to subparagraph ( A ), the information may not be reinserted in the file by the consumer reporting agency ( ii ) Notice to consumer If any information that has been deleted from a consumers file pursuant to subparagraph ( A ) is reinserted in the file, the consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer of the reinsertion in writing not later than 5 business days after the reinsertion or, if authorized by the consumer for that purpose, by any other means available to the agency.

( iii ) Additional information As part of, or in addition to, the notice under clause ( ii ), a consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer in writing not later than 5 business days after the date of the reinsertion ( I ) a statement that the disputed information has been reinserted ; ( II ) the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available, or of any furnisher of information that contacted the consumer reporting agency, in connection with the reinsertion of such information ; and ( III ) a notice that the consumer has the right to add a statement to the consumers file disputing the accuracy or completeness of the disputed information.

Pursuant to 15 U.S. Code 1681i ( a ) 1 ( a ), I am demanding that your agency perform a reasonable reinvestigation to determine whether the disputed information is inaccurate and record the status of the disputed information.

The Law Cleary States : ( a ) Reinvestigations of disputed information ( 1 ) Reinvestigation required ( A ) In general Subject to subsection ( f ) and except as provided in subsection ( g ), if the completeness or accuracy of any item of information contained in a consumers file at a consumer reporting agency is disputed by the consumer and the consumer notifies the agency directly, or indirectly through a reseller, of such dispute, the agency shall, free of charge, conduct a reasonable reinvestigation to determine whether the disputed information is inaccurate and record the current status of the disputed information, or delete the item from the file in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ), before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the agency receives the notice of the dispute from the consumer or reseller.

I am requesting that you are validating the following items : Should such communication have occurred, provide : a. Identity and position of the representative contacted?

b. Date, duration, and substance of the conversation?

c. Contact details utilized?

d. Identity, position, and tenure of your company 's employee involved?

e. Details of formal training imparted to said employee?

f. Copies of all written correspondence?

Your agency is also in violation in negligent noncompliance as you are in direct violation of 15 U.S. Code 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 ( 1 ) ( 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 ; ( 2 ) such amount of punitive damages as the court may allow ; and ( 3 ) in the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorneys fees as determined by the court.

( b ) Civil liability for knowing noncompliance Any person who obtains a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose shall be liable to the consumer reporting agency for actual damages sustained by the consumer reporting agency or {$1000.00}, whichever is greater.

Your agency has less than 30 days to respond with a fair reasonable re-investigation or I will have no choice but to seek legal action. This investigation must be validated by the information that I have listed above. If the information is not validated, then it must be deleted immediately from my consumer report!

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation