Consumer complaint received 2024-09-09 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: MN

Complaint narrative:
To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to demand the immediate blocking and removal of fraudulent information from my credit report. My social security number has been compromised as a result of identity theft and a data breach. Attached to this letter is the FTC Identity Theft Report I filed. You are legally obligated to block and remove the fraudulent information from my credit report within XXXX business days of receiving this complaint, as mandated by 15 USC 1681c-2 ( c ) ( a ). The following items are disputed and must be addressed immediately : XXXX XXXX  - XXXX Your agency is in violation! 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written 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 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. Delete this at once! 

XXXX  XXXX  - XXXX Your agency is in violation! 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written 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 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. Delete this at once! 

XXXX XXXX - XXXX Your agency is in violation! 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A. States I have the right to privacy. 15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604 A Section 2 : It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish an account without my written 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 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. Delete this at once! 

Listed below are the Inquiries that are being challenged : XXXX XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX  - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX XXXX  - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX  - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE! 

XXXX XXXX  - XXXX Unauthorized hard pull, where did you get this misleading information? This is unfair! The law requires that I have proof of a permissible purpose for any information within my report. Therefore, Im requesting that you verify permissible purpose was provided for this inquiry that you are reporting. Otherwise, DELETE!

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief