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8 Feb 2024, 2:00 am by michael
The three major credit reporting agencies are:  Equifax Experian  Trans Union When you alert the credit bureaus of identity theft, you should also have them ask for your permission before any creditors open new lines of credit in your name. [read post]
  In the most recent report, the CFPB analyzed how the changes announced by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion will affect people who have allegedly unpaid medical debt on their credit reports. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 11:37 am by Amanda Pickens
September 18, 2017) (one of two putative class actions brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act by alleged victims of Equifax’s now well publicized data breach claiming they were harmed by unauthorized parties gaining access to personal and/or private information and Equifax’s delayed communication after learning of the breach. [read post]
18 Jun 2019, 8:27 am by Herb Lin
Indeed, in a January 2019 motion to dismiss a consumer lawsuit against Equifax for a massive 2017 data breach, the company made exactly this claim. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 11:38 am by WOLFGANG DEMINO
It currently accepts complaints on many consumer financial products, including credit cards, mortgages, bank accounts and services, private student loans, vehicle and other consumer loans, credit reporting, money transfers, debt collection, and payday loans.The Bureau expects companies to respond to complaints and to describe the steps they have taken or plan to take to resolve the complaint within 15 days of receipt. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 1:18 pm by Daniel Schlanger
However, by failing to remove inaccurate information, these agencies are in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which requires that the credit reporting agencies conduct a reasonable investigation of all disputed accounts. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 6:00 am by Frank Pasquale
NCTUE, which is essentially a utility-specific credit reporting agency operated by Equifax. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 12:45 pm
First things first, order an official copy of your credit report from all three credit reporting agencies: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 12:02 pm
One of the best ways to stay diligent and reduce this lag time is to check your credit reports at the three major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and Transunion) at least once a quarter. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 6:00 am by Amanda Pickens Nitto
June 14, 2018) (punitive class action removed from state to federal court brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act against Equifax for alleged reporting of consumer civil judgment and lien information that is outdated and inaccurate) Jones, et al. v. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 6:01 am by Richard Bortnick
For other consumers, each credit reporting agency will charge a fee of $10 – a total of $30 to freeze your files. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 10:00 pm by Craig
  Collection Scores Are Often the Reason for Aggressive Bill Collecting Harassment    The three main credit reporting agencies (Experian, TransUnion and Equifax), as well as FICO, offer credit scores which most consumers are pretty familiar with. [read post]
6 Dec 2017, 10:00 am by The Sader Law Firm
Keep a close eye on your finances: You can pull your credit reports from Equifax, TransUnion and Experian once per year. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:28 pm by Berin Szoka
Credit Scores & Reports The credit reporting agencies (CRAs)—mainly Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax—aggregate the raw material of payments, balances, account info, etc. that make up credit reports. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 2:00 am by Will Geer
Finally, you can also seek the services of a lawyer to help you sue both the credit reporting agency (Equifax, TransUnion, Experian) AND the creditor that provided the incorrect information. [read post]
” For example, with respect to debt parking, a systemic fix would require action by Equifax, Experian, Trans Union, and other credit reporting agencies, which could prevent illegal activity “by heeding clear warning signs, such as by cutting off furnishers with unusually high deletion rates. [read post]
15 Mar 2009, 6:37 pm by Ed Dickson
The law, which is part of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, guarantees anyone access to a free credit report from each of the big three credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — every twelve months.The reason for this campaign was the large volume of complaints from consumers, who thought they were getting something for free, but were not. [read post]
14 Aug 2020, 8:59 am by Richard Altieri, Benjamin Della Rocca
Earlier this year, Trump officials also charged members of the Chinese military for a 2017 breach of credit-reporting agency Equifax—an operation that compromised personal data of almost 150 million Americans. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 3:49 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Also among the basement dwellers: consumer credit reporting agency Equifax, which is facing congressional hearings after a massive breach of its data systems that compromised the security of about 143 million Americans’ personal information. [read post]