vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are being handled
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
Every year I recertify my loans for income based repayments. This year, I filled out the form, as usual. The form is the same form that has been online with FedLoan. I submitted it promptly and received a rejection one month later. When I called to find out why, FedLoan said that the form I filled out was no longer the form they were using, despite the date in the top right hand corner stating that the form was valid. They told me to fill out a new form. I did this and submitted it. Again, a month or more later, they sent back a rejection saying that they did n't have my income taxes. I explained that they were already submitted. Six hours and multiple phone calls later, they admitted they did have the income taxes. I told them I was nervous with the processing time as my new payment that was not income based would take effect and that I could not afford to pay it. They told me there was nothing to be done and I would have to forbear if I could n't afford my payments until they processed the request. I explained that was n't fair as I submitted the correct information TWICE and they rejected it. I was forced to forebear for two months. Not only is the interest compounded, but I lost out on two months of loan forgiveness, causing me to have to work in the public sector for two months longer. I called to complain about this. Numerous transfers and promises that someone would call me back, they did not. It has been two months since they promised to call me back about the forbearance. I have made so many phone calls and waited for people to help. It has n't happened.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 mishandled my private information which puts me and 209,000 other people at risk. I am listed as a potential victim according to their website - equifaxsecurity2017.com - and I would like a resolution. I 've worked hard to build my credit as a XXXX year old, I 've worked hard to maintain a good score with a good history, and now all of that is at risk because of gross negligence by this company. Now I have to pay a fee to freeze my credit because of incredible incompetence, since my SS number, DOB, address, CC numbers, and possibly even driver 's license number are likely indexed as, at this point, they 're public information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: IL

Complaint narrative:
Equifax was hacked on XXXX XXXX 2017 and provided 143 million US people 's information including Social Security numbers, passwords, addresses and date of births. This information could be used for identity theft. It took over 5 weeks and Equifax 's response is a site that is an unsecured wordpress which should not be trusted with confidential information. I can not use that site to find out if my information is now available to criminals, and it 's unacceptable that the information was leaked, it took so long to respond or how they have handled it.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
cra reporting inaccurate info XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX inquires that i did not do

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 explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
My personal information was stolen in the Equifax hack. The data breach was reported to have occurred in XX/XX/XXXX, and only now ( XX/XX/XXXX ) I am finding out about it.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: MA

Complaint narrative:
Found out this morning I was on the list of people compromised by Equifax 's major error. They hung up on me when I called customer support. They also tried to charge me {$5.00} for freezing my credit score when they lost it in the first place. They also did not inform me for more than 30 days that my score was compromised.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
Apparently, Equifax, A Major Credit Reporting Company, allowed my personal data to be breached by hackers as early as XX/XX/XXXX of this year, is only reporting it now, in XX/XX/XXXX, will only provide free credit monitoring for a one year period, and I am not even allowed to sign up for this until next week. Possibly way too late for criminals to use my personal data. Then, as a provision of the short term free credit monitoring, I am required to waive my right to sue them.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 — Difficulty submitting a dispute or getting information about a dispute over the phone
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CO

Complaint narrative:
In XX/XX/XXXX I sent in a dispute over a public inquery that was removed years ago. All other agencies immediately corrected the issue but Equifax has ignored every single attempt to dispute it and does n't even responds back.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
cra reporting inaccurate info XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX inquires that i did not do

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
This is about Equifax in regards to the data breach. They sold stocks before letting the public know about the data breach. They wanted to line their pockets before their stock took the plunge. 

And I checked with their website, and according to them my information might be at risk.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Problem with product or service terms changing
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: OH

Complaint narrative:
My identity was put at risk to due to equifax recent breach.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: IA

Complaint narrative:
I used Experian 's shady site to see if I 'm affected by their massive data breach. It seems that I am. I want to complain about the fact that it happened and that the service they 're using, if it 's even legitimate, seems to just be a way to con people into waiving their right to participate in a class-action lawsuit. 
The entire thing is ridiculous.

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 explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
After the announcement of the 2017 Equifax Data Breach on X/X/2017, I entered my information on their site and learned that my information was compromised in the breach. I have attempted to reach out to Equifax to rectify the issue, but have still not heard back. Frankly, I do not find their plan to fix the issue ( their in-house credit monitoring tool ) to be acceptable, and I do not wish to continue business with Equifax. I know this is difficult since they are one of the big three credit reporting bureaus, but I still wish to distance myself as much as possible. I have since added a 90 day security freeze on my accounts to protect against fraudulent activity until this is resolved.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: IL

Complaint narrative:
My personal information has been leaked in the Equifax data breach, according to their website. It is unacceptable that a company of this size does not have proper security in place to protect consumers. Seeing in the news that their executives sold stock in the company before announcing the breach shows their real intentions are rooted merely in profit and they do n't care about consumers. This has put millions of people at risk of identity theft, including myself. 

This company should not be allowed to operate if they ca n't secure the data of consumers. Unacceptable.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 had a major breach that exposed my credit information in addition to over 143 million US consumers.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
remove inaccurate infomation violates my rights ....

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 explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Problem with product or service terms changing
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
Equifax. 
Friday XXXX XXXX, 2017, upon reading the news of a massive data security breach at Equifax, I went to verify whether my personal credit information may have been compromised like that of so many others. Without enrolling in any sort of program ( in order to avoid waiving any legal rights ), I checked my situation through their security page and found that indeed my information and credit may be in trouble as a result of Equifax 's inadequate security. I then went ahead and submitted a 90-day credit alert request through their site to be submitted to each reporting agency. That is all for now.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
I am listed as a potential victim of identity theft in the Equifax breach.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
They mishandled my information, which puts me and 209,000 other people at risk. I am listed as a potential victim according to their equifaxsecurity2017.com website, and would like a resolution.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: OR

Complaint narrative:
Due to gross mishandling of sensitive information and a clear disregard for data security, Equifax was the target of a hack that resulted in the exfiltration of the credit data and profiles of 143 million Americans, myself included.
Equifax failed to protect my data.
Equifax waited six weeks and still failed to notify me of my involvement in the data breach.
Myself and all others affected did not have a choice whether or not our data was held by Equifax. They had a duty to protect that information, and they failed spectacularly.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: IL

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information, which puts me and millions of other people at risk. I am listed as a potential victim according to their equifaxsecurity2017.com website, and would like a resolution. I am currently putting fraud alerts on my credit report and am hoping my identity does n't get stolen.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services — Billing dispute for services
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: CT

Complaint narrative:
Despite learning of the massive personal data breach in XX/XX/XXXX, Equifax failed to notify the general public until this week. Using the website Equifax set up with respect to this matter, I confirmed that my personal data may have been compromised as part of this breach. As a credit monitoring service and credit reporting agency, Equifax has a fiduciary duty to protect our personal and financial data, a duty which it clearly failed to fulfill. 

From XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX, I subscribed to a credit monitoring service offered by Equifax. Per the billing history reflected in my Equifax account online, the total fees I paid to Equifax during that time frame were {$1100.00}. 

I have already contacted Equifax by social media channels and via their customer service portal on its website but have not yet received a response to either.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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: MO

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my private information, and has put me at life long risk of identity theft, as well as over 100,000 other individuals. I was told that I was a potential victim of identity theft over a month after Equifax new that my information was potentially stolen. Additionally the only option to help correct this breach is n't available until mid XX/XX/XXXX, which is unacceptable if my information was stolen weeks ago. I want a resolution.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX is showing on my credit file 6 times with the same account info, I disputed it as duplicate but for some reason it came back as verified.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 information. I am listed as a potential victim of a security breech according to their equifaxsecurity2017.com website, and would like a resolution that does not require me to enroll in their services due to their history of mishandling personal information or absolve them of their liability.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
Last night Equifax announced a major security breach. 

My account information, amongst millions of others, has been comprised and probably sold.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 failed to protect my data. This I have to go to extensive measures to ensure my identity is not stolen.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
Equifax mishandled my information, which puts me and 209,000 other people at risk. I am listed as a potential victim according to their equifaxsecurity2017.com website, and would like a resolution.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 security breach where all of my personal data was stolen. Social Security number, date of birth, driver 's license number, etc.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Medical debt
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed — Debt was result of identity theft
Company: HCFS Healthcare Financial Services of TeamHealth
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Account Resolution Services is not treating me fairly and is breaking the law. I am a victim of identity theft ; my reference number with the FTC is XXXX, and this company is demanding payment for deletion even though the debt was a product of fraud. They are calling me harrasing me in fact after I demanded they cease all contact with me. I want them to remove their collections from XXXX and XXXX. They never sent me a bill or letter before the collection was reported to the CRA 'S and they know that but still demand payment for deletion. Also when I disputed the collection with XXXX they did not ceace collection attempts and reporting to the CRA 's. They will not stop harrasing me. Please help me

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 explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/ XX/XX/XXXX Equifax Inc. ( XXXX : XXXX ) today announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files. Based on the companys investigation, the unauthorized access occurred from XX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX.  The company has found no evidence of unauthorized activity on Equifaxs core consumer or commercial credit reporting databases. 

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. As part of its investigation of this application vulnerability, Equifax also identified unauthorized access to limited personal information for certain XXXX and XXXX residents. Equifax will work with XXXX and XXXX regulators to determine appropriate next steps. The company has found no evidence that personal information of consumers in any other country has been impacted.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes — 
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: OR

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2017 Equifax mishandled my information, which puts me and 209,000 other people at risk. I am listed as a potential victim according to their equifaxsecurity2017.com website, and would like a resolution.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation