Every time I find incorrect information on my credit report whether it is personal or otherwise I dispute it. Now keep in mind I am disputing information a company has given to the credit reporting company without having to prove any of it. In fact upon speaking to someone at the credit reporting company I found out this information from the reporting company is given verbally aka over the phone or via email. The company giving this information only has to provide enough information about me ( which they can obtain most of from the credit reporting company itself ) for the credit report company to it on my credit report ; no documentation is required. When I dispute say a incorrect account the credit report company has to verify it with the company who reported it ; this includes even when I provide documentation from the company who reported it in the first place. If a company verbally gives the credit reporting company updated personal information about me such as address, etc. and I dispute the information as it is incorrect, I have to mail in documentation PROVING that it is incorrect. The documentation I have to send in is very specific such as a state issued ID, utility bill, etc. I have had to correct my address with the credit reporting companies many times over the years.