Debt Collector Searches on Credit File

erskineman

I've just had an update to my Equifax Credit Report, and while everything is looking good I can see there is a heading I've never noticed before called 'debt collector searches'
I don't recall ever having seen this heading before, is this a new thing, and under what circumstances can debt collectors mark my report with this type of hard search which would stay on my credit file for 2 years? for example could Cabot (for example) just go into my credit file and have a look around triggering that negative marker?

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fatbelly

It's a new one to me too.

Seems to be an Equifax thing.

Not great, is it?

voluted

fatbelly said:

It's a new one to me too.

Seems to be an Equifax thing.

Not great, is it?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6285841/debt-collection-search/p1

Been around for a while. It's not clear if it's visible to anyone else searching your file though