Consumer complaint received 2024-05-20 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: FL

Complaint narrative:
I wish to contest a derogatory item present on my credit report that I believe to be inaccurate, untrue, incomplete, untimely, and potentially not even associated with my responsibility. Upon thorough examination of my report, I have identified numerous errors and inaccuracies being reported. I kindly request that you carefully review and rectify any and all of these discrepancies, ensuring they adhere to the standards of truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, ownership responsibility, FCRA compliance, Metro 2 Format compliance, and any other relevant regulatory requirements governing reporting obligations. 

The following disputed information represents allegations that lack sufficient proof of validity and compliance. I insist that you promptly remove these entries from my report. I expect this action to be taken without delay. Below is a list of the contested information : Listed below are the Personal Information that are being challenged Incorrect Name : - XXXX XXXX XXXX Incorrect Previous Address : - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, FL, XXXX Incorrect Previous Address : - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX, XXXX, FL, XXXX Incorrect Name : - XXXX XXXX Incorrect Name : - XXXX, XXXX, XXXX Employer - XXXX  Incorrect DOB : - XXXX  Employer - XXXX  XXXX XXXX Listed below are the Accounts that are being challenged XXXX XXXX  XXXX - XXXX Listed below are the Inquiries that are being challenged 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 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.

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.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief