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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Equifax
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol NYSE: EFX)
Headquartered in: Georgia
Major Industry: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry: credit rating services
Penalty total since 2000: $1,141,141,883
Number of records: 16
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $1,131,884,470 | 13 |
| employment-related offenses | $6,757,413 | 2 |
| financial offenses | $2,500,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| privacy violation | $594,700,000 | 5 |
| consumer protection violation | $537,184,470 | 8 |
| employment screening violation | $6,750,000 | 1 |
| accounting fraud or deficiencies | $2,500,000 | 1 |
| wage and hour violation | $7,413 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency  | Penalty Amount |
| Equifax Information Services, LLC | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,750,000 |
| Equifax Inc. | privacy violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $380,500,000 |
| Equifax | consumer protection violation | 2017 | CFPB | $6,300,000 |
| Equifax | consumer protection violation | 2019 | CFPB | $525,000,000 |
| Equifax Information Services LLC | consumer protection violation | 2013 | FTC | $392,803 |
| TALX Corporation | consumer protection violation | 2009 | FTC | $350,000 |
| Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc | consumer protection violation | 2003 | FTC | $250,000 |
| Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2000 | FTC | $500,000 |
| Equifax Inc. | privacy violation | 2020 | IL-CCC | $1,500,000 |
| Equifax Inc. | privacy violation | 2020 | IN-AG | $19,500,000 |
| Equifax Inc. | privacy violation | 2020 | MA-AG | $18,200,000 |
| Equifax | consumer protection violation | 2016 | MS-AG | $2,391,667 |
| Equifax | privacy violation | 2019 | MULTI-AG | $175,000,000 |
| Equifax Information Services LLC | consumer protection violation | 2015 | MULTI-AG | $2,000,000 |
| TALX Corporation | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2005 | SEC | $2,500,000 |
| Talx UCM Services, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2012 | WHD | $7,413 |
