CFPB Online Complaint Form / Bank Billing Dispute Attachments Instructions: CFPB Financial Complaints: Resolving Automated File Upload Rejections for Unredacted PII
“I am filing a complaint against an abusive mortgage lender on the CFPB website, but it rejects my PDF attachments for containing personal information. How do I fix it?”
Official Procedural Summary & Rules
CFPB automated security scanners block documents containing full Social Security numbers or credit card numbers. Redact to the last 4 digits to upload.
Key Statutory Rules & Exceptions
Black out all but the last 4 digits of your SSN, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers on all uploaded statements. • Banks are required by federal law to respond to CFPB complaints within 15 calendar days. • Your complaint is published in the public Consumer Complaint Database without personal identifying information.
Official Procedural Sequence
Redact SSN and account numbers to last 4 digits Flatten PDF document Upload to consumerfinance.gov/complaint
⚠️ Administrative Traps & Rejection Triggers
Using transparent highlighter or digital black boxes that can be removed in PDF viewers (flatten PDF documents before uploading).
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Under 12 CFR Part 1070 (Disclosure of Records and Information), detail CFPB complaint filing: (1) The automated automated privacy scrubbers in the CFPB portal that reject files containing full 9-digit Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, or dates of birth; (2) Mandatory redaction protocols (blacking out all but the last 4 digits of account numbers and SSNs); (3) Acceptable file formats (PDF, DOC, DOCX, JPG, PNG under 5MB per file); (4) How the CFPB forwards complaints directly to corporate bank compliance executives; (5) Mandatory 15-day bank statutory response rules.