Consumer complaint received 2024-12-01 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem — Was not notified of investigation status or results
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
I have received a copy on my consumer reports and I notice you have furnished transactions on my consumer report that is excluded by law as per the FCRA 15 USC 1681a 2Ai.

( 2 ) Exclusions.Except as provided in paragraph ( 3 ), the term consumer report does not include ( i ) report containing information solely as to transactions or experiences between theconsumerand thepersonmaking the report ; A consumers transactions are excluded from the consumer reports. XXXX  and or any other Risk score or algorithm that you use to calculate a consumers credit score is not a factor where the consumer report is concerned! Definition of what the consumer report means. 
consumer report ( 1 ) In general. The term consumer report means any written, oral, or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumers credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living which is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumers eligibility for ( A ) credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes ; ( B ) employment purposes ; or ( C ) any other purpose authorized under section 1681b of this title. 
XXXX or non of its factors are not defined or included in the definition of the consumer report! Therefore the reporting of transactions between the consumer ( ME ) and XXXX is a violation of 15 USC 1681a the definition of the consumer report does not include XXXX or XXXX which makes their factors or algorithm not a factor where the consumer report is concerned. 
It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a 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 seven years. 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( A ) ( XXXX ) 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. 

You have furnished transaction information on the following accounts. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX late payments dates of XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX My account with XXXX was never late! This was clearly a billing error, and a double dipping scheme. This act is shameful it has caused severe hard to my reputation, my character, my mode of living and to my family! I need the following late payments Deleted : XXXX XXXX LATE payment dates XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX 15 USC 1666b ( a ) Time to make payments Acreditormay not treat a payment on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as late for any purpose. 
These are not XXXX XXXX  compliance as well. 

Your truly XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation