vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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: AK

Complaint narrative:
I am one of the millions affected by the Equifax " hack. '' I have filed the 90 day fraud alert, and pulled my credit reports. Do-date I have not been contacted by Equifax, rather I used their online query system to determine this information.

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax Hack " Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident. '' ^Same as pretty much everyone who 's complaining today, I imagine. 

Did not enroll in their XXXX XXXX. Pardon me if I do n't trust Equifax to do a competent job of protecting my information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: AFNI INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
XXXX XXXX put on all 3 of my credit reports that I owed them {$1100.00} in XX/XX/XXXX, with XXXX XXXX, which I disputed, due to the fact that I have the XXXX signed receipt from XXXX XXXX showing they received their equipment back on XX/XX/XXXX, so it was removed, then XXXX XXXX put in back on all 3 credit reports the same {$1100.00} again with XXXX XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX, which again, I disputed with my same records, and it was removed from all 3 again. Then XXXX XXXX put in on all 3 of my credit reports again for the {$1100.00} on XX/XX/XXXX with AFNI, by changing the original opened date to XX/XX/XXXX which on XX/XX/XXXX, I hired an attorney with the XXXX XXXX XXXX, in XXXX Texas, whom took my {$250.00} retainer, never had me sign anything, never followed up with me to this very day, phone number XXXX, which I sent them all the information I had showing it was an open and shut case of my rights with the FCRA, and when I was able to get ahold of them myself, I was told they sent AFNI a certified letter to asking them to remove the it from my XXXX credit report, as I believe that is the last one it still remains one, as it was removed from the other 2, but all that happened was AFNI lowered the amount to {$350.00}, saying it was now for prorated services I owed. From my understanding, once it was reported that I owed the {$1100.00} the first time, months after they had already received their equipment, which is what I was told the balance was for the first time, they broke the law? Then to do it again with XXXX XXXX, they broke the law again, just to do it a 3rd time, by changing the date the account was opened, which was almost a year after I have proof they had actually received their own equipment back, then broke it again, by just changing the amount and I have disputed this myself at least 15 times, and Ive paid for an attorney that has failed me as well. This has now been going on for over 2 and a half years of ruining my credit, my name, and stress you would not believe. I been on meds now because they just keep getting away with it. And when I called AFNI, they even told me that if it was at their collections agency, then they knew it had already been through the other 2, because they are the last of 3 collection agencies XXXX XXXX uses. I know I am not the only person this has happened to, I 'm sure. But I dont know what else to do. Disputes dont help, when I have all the actual paperwork, and documents showing they received it before it was ever placed in collection the first time.

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax did not secure its network and now my financial information has been compromised. No aleet until weeks after an had to hear it from the news. Not sure why this company should even get my information and then tries to scam me with credit monitoring services.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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:
I am writing because Equifax mishandled my personal information including my Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XXXX/XXXX 2017. They confirmed I was affected by per their " Potential Impact '' site www.equifaxsecurity2017.com.
Equifax has put me and millions of others at risk of identity theft/fraud due to negligent security protocols in handling consumer information. They did not notify me of this breach. I heard about it on the news and then found out how to discover if I was an affected party by a post on social media.
Futhermore, Equifax is attempting to profit off of their negligence by signing injured parties THEY are responsible for up for " trial periods '' of their ID protection services. When the trial periods end ( and the data that was breached is still vulnerable ), Equifax will charge money to " protect '' the information of the same people whose data they irresponsibly left vulnerable to attack.
These injured parties are also subject to hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company if they do avail themselves of the " trial period. '' There is also evidence of criminal negligence/fraudulent behavior with the three Equifax executives that dumped stock immediately prior to the data breach announcement.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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 which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am extremely disappointed with how equifax has handled reporting this breach. Very little was done to notify the public for nearly a month after the breach was detected. I received no email, letter, or phone call and instead had to discover it via social media. 
Going forward equifax should be required to monitor every account and notify victims if any fraud occurs. Credit fraud protection should be mandatory for every account, not an option for us to have deal with. 
This should be rectified firstly by making credit freezing free and refunding everyone who paid for it following this data breach. Requiring a police report is absurd when they clearly know if you were affected.

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

Complaint narrative:
Breached my data and is requiring me to wait until X/XX/17 over a week, before providing any attempt at resolving.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 00:00:00
Product: Checking or savings account — Checking account
Issue: Opening an account — Account opened as a result of fraud
Company: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
State: WA

Complaint narrative:
X/X/14 {$610.00} bank of america someone opened a bank account using my name and written bad checks causing me to get into XXXX XXXX

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 2017-09-09 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: WA

Complaint narrative:
I was told be Equifax, using their online tool, that my information may have been implicated in their recent security breach or hack.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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 identifying information which has led to a cyberattack that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am infuriated with how equifax has handled reporting this breach. Very little was done to notify the public for nearly a month after the breach was detected. I received no email, letter, or phone call and instead had to discover it via social media.

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

Complaint narrative:
I, like 143 million other Americans, found out today that my personal data, including name, DOB, address, SSN, etc. were compromised in the Equifax security breach. It is unacceptable that the company is offering only one year of credit monitoring as recompense for this mistake. This information can be sold and is just as valuable fifty years from now as it is tomorrow.

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

Complaint narrative:
My name was one of the ones included in the recent Equifax hack. As a credit-reporting agency, I feel like their Information Security team should be one of the best in the field, if not the best. I do not understand why simple bug in website coding allowed such a massive breach unless some portion of Information Security was grossly overlooked.

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

Complaint narrative:
My personal social security and identification information was shared by Experian through the XXXX data breach. According to my credit reports, there is fraudulent activity that I did not authorize in a state I do not live in. The fraudulent activity took place during the summer of XXXX in line with the dates of the data breach.

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 2017-09-09 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: WA

Complaint narrative:
equifax hacked and I learned my information was compromised

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

Complaint narrative:
I 'm copying this from another internet as it accurately captures my complaint. Equifax mishandled my personal information including name, social security number, address, birthdate, driver 's license number, and possibly more. They allowed a data breach to occur in XXXX/XXXX 2017, and they confirmed I could be affected on their website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. They have put myself and millions of others at risk of identity theft/fraud due to negligent security protocols in handling consumer information. They are further attempting to capitalize on the situation by signing injured parties they are responsible for up for " trial periods '' of their ID protection services. The negligent loss of personal information of nearly 200 million consumers is unconscionably unethical, and it is further unreasonable that they are not directly notifying every single person affected by this incident.

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

Complaint narrative:
My transunion report shows a 30-day late payment for in XX/XX/XXXX my student loan serviced by XXXX XXXX in conjunction with XXXX XXXX University. XXXX XXXX was the direct servicer prior to that. When they entered the agreement with XXXX they released all auto-pay features and provided minimal details on how to make our payments to the new servicer or showed when they were do. The transfer of service occurred starting with the XX/XX/XXXX payment. Moreover, I still managed to make the XX/XX/XXXX payment in a timely manner, and in fact was charged twice. If it was for the XX/XX/XXXX payment, then that was because the new servicer had never alerted me, nor had either provided a means of access to the account. They made it an absolute pain in the behind to arrange a new auto-debit. Just look at my payment history, XX/XX/XXXX was  never late. The missing payment there happened during my 60-day service transfer window mandated by federal law.
Thanks

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 2017-09-09 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:
Eq uifax Inc. 's systems were struck by a cyberattack that affected approximately 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency. Names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver 's license numbers, and credit card numbers were accessed from XX/XX/XXXX through XX/XX/XXXX. My personal information was included in the leak, and I was not informed by Equifax. Even though they have all of my information, no notification was received via mail, email, or phone. I was notified through a third party ( XXXX XXXX ) of the leak and am in the process of taking steps to prevent possible damage to my credit/tax information including putting a 90 fraud alert on my credit reports, updating my personal and account information through my identity protection service, and filing this report. Further Action will be taken if fraud or identity th
eft results due to this leak.

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

Complaint narrative:
Equifax had a security breach that resulted in my personal information being at risk. I am very worried about my information and am now trying to setup a fraud alert, and Equifax is down for maintenance? This is ridiculous.

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

Complaint narrative:
Due to Equifax 's failure to A. Protect my financial information and B. Fail to disclose their failure in a timely manner, according to their website I may have been affected by their data breach. I did have to close my bank account in XX/XX/XXXX as a result of unrecognized charges, and then proceeded to place a fraud alert on my credit information with Equifax. While I can not definitively point to their data breech being the cause of my bank account being compromised, had I been made aware of their failure, I could have taken protective measures much sooner.

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

Complaint narrative:
Hello, On XX/XX/2017 I was notified that Equifax was breached and that the data of over 125 million Americans were made available.
I used the tools provided at https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.comXXXX and found that I was indeed included in this breach.
As part of Equifax 's compensation for this, they are offering a year of their XXXX XXXX for free. However, in the Terms of Service for this product, I must agree to an arbitration clause. I will not subscribe to their service due to the arbitration clause. Additionally, I find only a year of coverage to be insulting. I believe 5 years should be the absolute minimum considering the scale of the breach.
As a Information Security professional, I decided to look into how this data was breached and found this article : XXXX XXXX XXXX.
If the contents are true, and Equifax did not patch a known vulnerability, they should be penalized to the fullest extent of the law. This borders on criminal levels of negligence and is usually the result of a poorly funded and staffed information security department as well as falsified audits for PCI compliance.

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

Complaint narrative:
My personal details were potentially compromised in the recent Equifax Security breach in XXXX  2017.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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 mishandled my information which has led to a breach that puts myself and millions of others at potential risk. I am extremely disappointed with how equifax has handled reporting this breach. Very little was done to notify the public for nearly a month after the breach was detected. I received no email, letter, or phone call and instead had to discover it via social media. 

Equifax should immediately be offering a free freeze on your credit account if it was included in the breach. I should not have to provide profit to a company whom I never elected to do business with and has put my financial life at risk. Credit reporting companies can essentially force us to buy insurance, from them, to protect us against their poor security practices.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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 leaked my personal credit information due to improper security protocols at the Company. As a result, my SSN, birth date, address, and other personally identifiable information may have been leaked without my permission. As a result, my identity may be stolen as my personally identifiable is no longer secure.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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, through negligent security protocols, allowed a security breach that compromised 134 million customer reports including social security numbers, addresses, and even drivers license numbers.
Equifax did not disclose the breach for almost two months, and the website they created for searching your personal information is vulnerable.
In addition, Equifax created terms of service for their " free '' credit monitoring program that forces affected customer to waive their rights to damage claims.
The lack of transparency, poorly designed response, and diabolical waiver of rights buried in their TOS is unconscionable.
There is currently no viable process in place to freeze or put a hold on credit inquiries or unauthorized charges.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-09 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:
On XXXX/XXXX/XXXX I discovered my credit information had been part of the Equifax hack. I am very concerned for my future now. I was planning on buying a house next year and now I feel as if everything is up in the air.

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

Complaint narrative:
On XX/XX/XXXX, Equifax Inc. announced " a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers '' and that " intruders accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and drivers license numbers ... Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed. '' On XX/XX/XXXX, I went to the Equifax website to check if I had been impacted. I entered my last name and last 6-digits of my SSN. I recieved the message : " Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident. '' I was offered to enroll in XXXX XXXX XXXX, however I am concerned that doing so may weaken or limit my future legal rights.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation