Consumer complaint received 2024-11-21 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: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Recently i looked at a copy of my credit report and noticed several inaccuracies on my account. This account is hurting my ability to abtain credit. It is my understanding that you will investigate these items for me to ensure accuracy. 
Here is the item I am asking you to verify as accrate In accordance with the FCRA act, the list of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 1681. I told experian, XXXX XXXX XXXX to reinvestigate these accounts. however, they stated everything was complete and accurate, but how is that possible if the open date, date of last activity and much more is incorrect. According to 15 USC 1681i ( 5 ) they are suppose to modify accounts that isn't reporting correctly. 15 U.SC 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy 15 U.SC 1681 section 604 A section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account whitout my writen instructions 15 U.S.C 1681c. ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States : no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than XXXX years. 15 USC 1681s-2 ( A ) ( XXXX ) : A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or consciously avoids knowing that the information is inaccurate 1681i. Procedure in case of disputed accuracy ( a ) Reinvestigations of disputed information ( XXXX ) 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 consumer 's 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 ( XXXX ), before the end of the XXXX period beginning on the date on which the agency receives the notice of the dispute from the consumer or reseller. 
( B ) Extension of period to reinvestigate Except as provided in subparagraph ( C ), the XXXX period described in subparagraph ( A ) may be extended for not more than XXXX additional days if the consumer reporting agency receives information from the consumer during that XXXX period that is relevant to the reinvestigation. 
( C ) Limitations on extension of period to reinvestigate Subparagraph ( B ) shall not apply to any reinvestigation in which, during the XXXX period described in subparagraph ( A ), the information that is the subject of the reinvestigation is found to be inaccurate or incomplete or the consumer reporting agency determines that the information can not be verified. 
( XXXX ) Prompt notice of dispute to furnisher of information ( A ) In general Before the expiration of the XXXX period beginning on the date on which a consumer reporting agency receives notice of a dispute from any consumer or a reseller in accordance with paragraph ( XXXX ), the agency shall provide notification of the dispute to any person who provided any item of information in dispute, at the address and in the manner established with the person. The notice shall include all relevant information regarding the dispute that the agency has received from the consumer or reseller. 
( B ) Provision of other information The consumer reporting agency shall promptly provide to the person who provided the information in dispute all relevant information regarding the dispute that is received by the agency from the consumer or the reseller after the period referred to in subparagraph ( A ) and before the end of the period referred to in paragraph ( XXXX ) ( A ). 
( XXXX ) Determination that dispute is frivolous or irrelevant ( A ) In general Notwithstanding paragraph ( XXXX ), a consumer reporting agency may terminate a reinvestigation of information disputed by a consumer under that paragraph if the agency reasonably determines that the dispute by the consumer is frivolous or irrelevant, including by reason of a failure by a consumer to provide sufficient information to investigate the disputed information. 
( B ) Notice of determination Upon making any determination in accordance with subparagraph ( A ) that a dispute is frivolous or irrelevant, a consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer of such determination not later than XXXX business days after making such determination, by mail or, if authorized by the consumer for that purpose, by any other means available to the agency. 
( C ) Contents of notice A notice under subparagraph ( B ) shall include- ( i ) the reasons for the determination under subparagraph ( A ) ; and ( ii ) identification of any information required to investigate the disputed information, which may consist of a standardized form describing the general nature of such information. 
( XXXX ) Consideration of consumer information In conducting any reinvestigation under paragraph ( XXXX ) with respect to disputed information in the file of any consumer, the consumer reporting agency shall review and consider all relevant information submitted by the consumer in the period described in paragraph ( XXXX ) ( A ) with respect to such disputed information. 
( XXXX ) Treatment of inaccurate or unverifiable information ( A ) In general If, after any reinvestigation under paragraph ( XXXX ) of any information disputed by a consumer, an item of the information is found to be inaccurate or incomplete or can not be verified, the consumer reporting agency shall- ( i ) promptly delete that item of information from the file of the consumer, or modify that item of information, as appropriate, based on the results of the reinvestigation; and ( ii ) promptly notify the furnisher of that information that the information has been modified or deleted from the file of the consumer. 
( B ) Requirements relating to reinsertion of previously deleted material ( i ) Certification of accuracy of information If any information is deleted from a consumer 's file pursuant to subparagraph ( A ), the information may not be reinserted in the file by the consumer reporting agency unless the person who furnishes the information certifies that the information is complete and accurate. 
( ii ) Notice to consumer If any information that has been deleted from a consumer 's 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 XXXX 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 XXXX 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 consumer 's file disputing the accuracy or completeness of the disputed information. 
( C ) Procedures to prevent reappearance A consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to prevent the reappearance in a consumer 's file, and in consumer reports on the consumer, of information that is deleted pursuant to this paragraph ( other than information that is reinserted in accordance with subparagraph ( B ) ( i ) ). 
( D ) Automated reinvestigation system Any consumer reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis shall implement an automated system through which furnishers of information to that consumer reporting agency may report the results of a reinvestigation that finds incomplete or inaccurate information in a consumer 's file to other such consumer reporting agencies. 
( XXXX ) Notice of results of reinvestigation ( A ) In general A consumer reporting agency shall provide written notice to a consumer of the results of a reinvestigation under this subsection not later than XXXX business days after the completion of the reinvestigation, by mail or, if authorized by the consumer for that purpose, by other means available to the agency. 
( B ) Contents As part of, or in addition to, the notice under subparagraph ( A ), a consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer in writing before the expiration of the XXXX period referred to in subparagraph ( A ) - ( i ) a statement that the reinvestigation is completed ; ( ii ) a consumer report that is based upon the consumer 's file as that file is revised as a result of the reinvestigation ; ( iii ) a notice that, if requested by the consumer, a description of the procedure used to determine the accuracy and completeness of the information shall be provided to the consumer by the agency, including the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted in connection with such information and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available ; ( iv ) a notice that the consumer has the right to add a statement to the consumer 's file disputing the accuracy or completeness of the information ; and ( v ) a notice that the consumer has the right to request under subsection ( d ) that the consumer reporting agency furnish notifications under that subsection. 
( XXXX ) Description of reinvestigation procedure A consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer a description referred to in paragraph ( XXXX ) ( B ) ( iii ) by not later than XXXX  days after receiving a request from the consumer for that description. 
( XXXX ) Expedited dispute resolution If a dispute regarding an item of information in a consumer 's file at a consumer reporting agency is resolved in accordance with paragraph ( XXXX ) ( A ) by the deletion of the disputed information by not later than XXXX business days after the date on which the agency receives notice of the dispute from the consumer in accordance with paragraph ( XXXX ) ( A ), then the agency shall not be required to comply with paragraphs ( XXXX ), ( XXXX ), and ( XXXX ) with respect to that dispute if the agency- ( A ) provides prompt notice of the deletion to the consumer by telephone ; ( B ) includes in that notice, or in a written notice that accompanies a confirmation and consumer report provided in accordance with subparagraph ( C ), a statement of the consumer 's right to request under subsection ( d ) that the agency furnish notifications under that subsection ; and ( C ) provides written confirmation of the deletion and a copy of a consumer report on the consumer that is based on the consumer 's file after the deletion, not later than XXXX business days after making the deletion. 
( b ) Statement of dispute If the reinvestigation does not resolve the dispute, the consumer may file a brief statement setting forth the nature of the dispute. The consumer reporting agency may limit such statements to not more than XXXX XXXX words if it provides the consumer with assistance in writing a clear summary of the dispute. 
( c ) Notification of consumer dispute in subsequent consumer reports Whenever a statement of a dispute is filed, unless there is reasonable grounds to believe that it is frivolous or irrelevant, the consumer reporting agency shall, in any subsequent consumer report containing the information in question, clearly note that it is disputed by the consumer and provide either the consumer 's statement or a clear and accurate codification or summary thereof. 
( d ) Notification of deletion of disputed information Following any deletion of information which is found to be inaccurate or whose accuracy can no longer be verified or any notation as to disputed information, the consumer reporting agency shall, at the request of the consumer, furnish notification that the item has been deleted or the statement, codification or summary pursuant to subsection ( b ) or ( c ) to any person specifically designated by the consumer who has within XXXX years prior thereto received a consumer report for employment purposes, or within XXXX months prior thereto received a consumer report for any other purpose, which contained the deleted or disputed information. 
( XXXX ) Treatment of complaints and report to Congress ( XXXX ) In general The Commission XXXX shall- ( A ) compile all complaints that it receives that a file of a consumer that is maintained by a consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a ( p ) of this title contains incomplete or inaccurate information, with respect to which, the consumer appears to have disputed the completeness or accuracy with the consumer reporting agency or otherwise utilized the procedures provided by subsection ( a ) ; and ( B ) transmit each such complaint to each consumer reporting agency involved. 
( XXXX ) Exclusion Complaints received or obtained by the Bureau pursuant to its investigative authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 shall not be subject to paragraph ( XXXX ). 
( XXXX XXXX Agency responsibilities Each consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a ( p ) of this title that receives a complaint transmitted by the Bureau pursuant to paragraph ( XXXX ) shall- ( A ) review each such complaint to determine whether all legal obligations imposed on the consumer reporting agency under this subchapter ( including any obligation imposed by an applicable court or administrative order ) have been met with respect to the subject matter of the complaint ; ( B ) provide reports on a regular basis to the Bureau regarding the determinations of and actions taken by the consumer reporting agency, if any, in connection with its review of such complaints ; and ( C ) maintain, for a reasonable time period, records regarding the disposition of each such complaint that is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with this subsection. 
( XXXX ) Rulemaking authority The Commission XXXX may prescribe regulations, as appropriate to implement this subsection. 
( XXXX ) Annual report The Commission XXXX shall submit to the Committee on Banking , Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives an annual report regarding information gathered by the Bureau under this subsection. 
( f ) Reinvestigation requirement applicable to resellers ( XXXX ) Exemption from general reinvestigation requirement Except as provided in paragraph ( XXXX ), a reseller shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. 
( XXXX ) Action required upon receiving notice of a dispute If a reseller receives a notice from a consumer of a dispute concerning the completeness or accuracy of any item of information contained in a consumer report on such consumer produced by the reseller, the reseller shall, within XXXX business days of receiving the notice, and free of charge- ( A ) determine whether the item of information is incomplete or inaccurate as a result of an act or omission of the reseller; and ( B ) if- ( i ) the reseller determines that the item of information is incomplete or inaccurate as a result of an act or omission of the reseller, not later than XXXX  days after receiving the notice, correct the information in the consumer report or delete it; or ( ii ) if the reseller determines that the item of information is not incomplete or inaccurate as a result of an act or omission of the reseller, convey the notice of the dispute, together with all relevant information provided by the consumer, to each consumer reporting agency that provided the reseller with the information that is the subject of the dispute, using an address or a notification mechanism specified by the consumer reporting agency for such notices. 
( XXXX ) Responsibility of consumer reporting agency to notify consumer through reseller Upon the completion of a reinvestigation under this section of a dispute concerning the completeness or accuracy of any information in the file of a consumer by a consumer reporting agency that received notice of the dispute from a reseller under paragraph ( XXXX ) - ( A ) the notice by the consumer reporting agency under paragraph ( XXXX ), ( XXXX ), or ( XXXX ) of subsection ( a ) shall be provided to the reseller in lieu of the consumer ; and ( B ) the reseller shall immediately reconvey such notice to the consumer, including any notice of a deletion by telephone in the manner required under paragraph ( XXXX ) ( A ). 
( XXXX ) Reseller reinvestigations No provision of this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting a reseller from conducting a reinvestigation of a consumer dispute directly. 
( g ) Dispute process for veteran 's medical debt ( XXXX ) In general With respect to a veteran 's medical debt, the veteran may submit a notice described in paragraph ( 2 ), proof of liability of the Department of Veterans Affairs for payment of that debt, or documentation that the Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of making payment for authorized hospital care, medical services, or extended care services rendered to a consumer reporting agency or a reseller to dispute the inclusion of that debt on a consumer report of the veteran. 
( XXXX ) Notification to veteran The Department of Veterans Affairs shall submit to a veteran a notice that the Department of Veterans Affairs has assumed liability for part or all of a veteran 's medical debt. 
( XXXX ) Deletion of information from file If a consumer reporting agency receives notice, proof of liability, or documentation under paragraph ( XXXX ), the consumer reporting agency shall delete all information relating to the veteran 's medical debt from the file of the veteran and notify the furnisher and the veteran of that deletion. 


To remind you, this is the complete law. Please, I need all the negative items deleted because it is affecting me negatively.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation