vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
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: NC

Complaint narrative:
My credit file and information has been improperly used by Equifax without my knowledge or consent. I was identified to be affected by the security breach at Equifax. I believe my credit report is inaccurate due to this, which has damaged my credit score and hampered my ability to rent apartments, apply for loans and establish credit.

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:
This concerns the very recent Equifax breach. Using a tool on their site, they stated to me that they believe my information has been compromised and I fear that my SSN, date of birth, and other personal details are now essentially public information. I am disappointed and afraid that Equifax has lost my information to outside parties due to this 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax did not properly secure my information which was impacted in a major security breech.

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: WI

Complaint narrative:
I am one of the many millions of Americans affected by Equifax 's massive security breach. 

Equifax tried to cover up this breach for an entire month while its leaders sold their shares of the company stock. Meanwhile, my credit card was used fraudulently. 

Equifax has not worked quickly or diligently enough to notify affected consumers, instead putting the onus on the public to check their hastily built website to see if they are affected. The onus should be on them, not us. 

Finally, said website sneaks in language in its Terms of Service to try to trick users into waiving their right to sue Equifax for their conduct in this breach, the coverup, and its aftermath. 

All of this is unconscionable and I hope the CFPB does everything possible to punish Equifax.

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 has mishandled the sensitive information of 143 million Americans. Then, they failed to inform the public until a month after it had happened. They have only offered us 1 year of free credit monitoring, which also waives our right to take legal action against them. 

Companies that handle sensitive information like this should be held to a higher standard and disciplined accordingly when things like this occur.

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: WA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XX/XX/XXXXthat they confirmed I was affected by per their " Potential Impact '' site 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. 

They are simultaneously defrauding these injured parties with hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company in what is clearly a situation of criminal negligence/fraudulent behavior as indicated by the three Equifax executives that dumped stock immediately prior to the data breach announcement.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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:
My personal information was compromised during the Equifax hack. I checked whether I was impacted on XXXX XXXX XXXX. This is unacceptable for a company that has all my 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: KS

Complaint narrative:
I was one of about 143 million US citizens affected by the Equifax security breach reported on XXXX XXXX. I have checked and the website that tells users if they were affected or not and they believe my information 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: OR

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my information, and the information of millions of other Americans, 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. 
Three Equifax executives sold shares worth nearly {$2.00} million in the company days after a data breach was discovered -- THIS IS IMPROPER. They sold shares before informing anyone of what had happened. 
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. 
I have already requested a credit freeze through XXXX and XXXX costing me {$10.00} per credit service. I will need to pay Equifax to freeze as well. ( Even though Equifax is the one who screwed me over in the first place. ) I will need to pay {$10.00} each time I want my credit unfrozen ( even if temporarily ). 
This Is Not Acceptable. 
Someone needs to pay for this.

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: NC

Complaint narrative:
I would like to formally file a complaint against Equifax, Inc regarding the data breach that included my personal information ( SSN, Name, birthdate, address, etc. ). This was not brought to the public 's attention for over 30 days, including those directly affected by the breach. When contacting the phone number for what Equifax refers to as " The Incident '' on X/X/17, I was referred back to the website I previously used to determine ( www.equifaxsecurity2017.com ) that my personal information had likely been compromised & was told that the only option was for me to enroll in Equifax 's credit protection plan ( which in the fine print negates my legal rights to pursue action against the company. )

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 seems to have released my personal identifying information, including Social Security number and credit card numbers, to unknown persons as part of the 2017 " hack ''. They should compensate me for my time and trouble monitoring and scrubbing information about me in their database in the months to come.

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: MA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax mishandled my personal information including Name, Social Security #, Address, Birthdate, etc. resulting in a data breach in XXXX/XXXX 2017 that they confirmed I was affected by per their " Potential Impact '' site 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. 

They are simultaneously defrauding these injured parties with hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company in what is clearly a situation of criminal negligence/fraudulent behavior as indicated by the three Equifax executives that dumped stock immediately prior to the data breach announcement. 

I demand that they rectify this by making credit freezing free and refunding everyone who paid for it following this data breach. The negligent loss of personal information of nearly 200 million consumers  is an unconscionable breech of ethical behavior by this company and it is further unreasonable that they are not directly notifying every single person affected by this regardless of their questionable " judgment '' of who to contact.

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: AZ

Complaint narrative:
Equifax lost all my personal information. They should n't be divulging my information without my consent. The shared my name, social security number, birth-date, addresses, and Drivers License number in the most recent security 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX, 2017, I was made aware of Equifax 's security breach potentially affecting 143 million individuals. I visited Equifax 's official page to check whether my information had been compromised ( https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/potential-impact/ ) and was given the information that yes, my private information ( social security number, name, credit history etc. ) were indeed compromised during  the security breach.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Mortgage — Conventional home mortgage
Issue: Struggling to pay mortgage — 
Company: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
When our adjustable rate increased we contacted Nationstar and asked for a HAMP. Apparently it was approved to begin trial payments XX/XX/XXXX but we never received any notification of the trial payment approval or the final modification paperwork ( sent out for signature XX/XX/XXXX ) because they were apparently sending them to our BK attorney. 

We consulted with our attorney XX/XX/XXXX and she said she mailed us the only letter she received which had copies of the originals attached and all was received by her office XX/XX/XXXX. 

We contacted Nationstar immediately and was advised to reapply for the modification. We returned all requested paperwork for the request XX/XX/XXXX and received notification last week that it was denied. We have not changed anything since the last was approved so why is it denied now? We received nothing telling of the last approval until it was too late to request an appeal.

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: IN

Complaint narrative:
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. 
They are simultaneously defrauding these injured parties with hidden terms of service that waive their right to sue the company in what is clearly a situation of criminal negligence/fraudulent behavior as indicated by the three Equifax executives that dumped stock immediately prior to the data breach announcement.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 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 was negligent in protecting private information of mine allowing hackers access to my private data including but not limited to : My social security number My home address My drivers license number

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: MA

Complaint narrative:
I have been confirmed as a victim of the Equifax Hacking Incident. Unknowingly, my very personal, private information was disclosed to 3rd parties, without my consent, knowledge, request or approval in XXXX of 2017 as reported by 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: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: DE

Complaint narrative:
On XXXX XXXX 2017 I checked with Equifax to see if I was impacted by the breach. Their records indicated that I am.

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 handled my data poorly and leaked it by having poor security. I verified this via their website : https : //www.equifaxsecurity2017.com

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 has told me that my identity has likely been compromised because of their service 's improper handling of my credit information. I am not willing to give up my legal rights in exchange for their freeze/monitoring offer. I should not have to give up my right to sue for damages in exchange for these services.

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:
As according to the press releases on XXXX/XXXX/2017 Equifax has been breached and released personal information of millions, of which i am one. Equifax has confirmed my information including up to " names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, drivers license numbers '' has been obtained by others. My financial security, credit health, and personal identity are now at risk though no fault of my own. Despite previous similar breaches with Equifax, such as those with XXXX, substantial security measures were not implemented to protect consumers, whose information Equifax acquired without consent of the consumers. Furthermore, Equifax did not immediately inform the public about the security breach and waited, withholding information of the event for months. This denied me and others the chance to protect ourselves and avoid being taken advantage of for their mistake.

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:
According to Equifax, my data was part of the recent security leaks. Their website provides no information, and to sign up for protection you must waive rights to file lawsuits.

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: IA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax identified 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, the unauthorized access occurred from mid-XXXX XXXX XXXX 2017..  The information accessed primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, drivers license numbers. Criminals also accessed 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.

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: FL

Complaint narrative:
Read an online news article published XXXX/XXXX/XXXX about Equifax 's security breach that occurred XXXX/XXXX/XXXX and was not disclosed by them until now. I immediately logged on to their website and checked if my identity was compromised, I was informed by them on their website that my data was indeed affected/breached/stolen. I did not receive from Equifax, an email, a text message, a letter of explanation, nor a phone call informing me of their lack of securing my data.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-09-08 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Don't agree with the fees charged
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: MN

Complaint narrative:
While processing my XXXX re-certification for income-driven payments, FedLoan Servicing improperly capitalized nearly {$50000.00} of interest on my student loans. 

I submitted my annual re-certification application on XXXX XXXX, XXXX, and when FedLoan was not acting on it, again on XXXX XXXX, XXXX -- one application requesting to continue the same IBR plan and the other requesting the lowest payment option. I then received notice that my loans were placed on the standard repayment plan and, corresponding to that, a bill for thousands of dollars. After a series of phone calls and correspondence trying to figure out what was going on and none of the representatives understanding the issue either, my accounts were placed on some kind of administrative forbearance ( and this has happened in previous years, as FedLoan has routinely botched my annual re-certification process ). Later, I found out that because of that forbearance, almost {$50000.00} was capitalized on my loans.
After a number of inquiries and demands for reversal or explanation, I received an email from FedLoan on XXXX XXXX, XXXX, acknowledging that " ... a review of your interest capitalization has been submitted on your account. Please allow up to 7-10 business days for processing. '' That was 7 months ago and I have not heard anything since.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
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:
My personal information was disclosed without my consent by Equifax.

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 information was likely included in the Equifax hack, according to Equifax.

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: IA

Complaint narrative:
Equifax did n't thoroughly vet their security software of their forward facing or back-end systems and in the process leaked over 100 Million peoples PID to criminals that could use that to exploit people and ruin their lives. They waited 3 months to say anything about it and were as crass as to hide an arbitration clause in the terms of there free " help '' when it was their fault it happened in the first place. Not to mention the fact that the three top people that would have known about the breach as soon as it was detected decided to whimsically dump some of their stock in the company.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation