Consumer complaint received 2023-12-12
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint:
On XX/XX/2023 I contacted XXXX XXXX XXXX of my exercising my federal right as a consumer to opt of reporting to TransUnion. According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act XXXX XXXX XXXX section XXXX a states " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. '' TransUnion is a consumer reporting agency and I am the XXXX. I have the right to make sure my private information isn't shared which is backed by XXXX XXXX XXXX which states '' It is the policy of the XXXX that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers nonpublic personal information. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX is a financial institution by definition under that title. XXXX XXXX XXXX section XXXX a section XXXX states that " In general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency XXXX furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX the financial institution, and the consumer reporting agencies TransUnion do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to TransUnion and XXXX XXXX XXXX whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked. XXXX XXXX XXXX ( b ) ( c ) states that " A financial institution XXXX not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that, XXXX XXXX XXXX ( a ) ( XXXX ) states '' Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency XXXX make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information : Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than XXXX years. '' This account is an adverse item they are reporting again without my permission which is against the law. XXXX XXXX Code XXXX ( A ) ( XXXX ) A states " A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX states '' XXXX consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section XXXX of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section XXXX of this title. TransUnion is not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also XXXX XXXX XXXX states that " A consumer XXXX exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am opting out of your reporting services. In addition, this account is shown on my credit report as a XXXX from XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX credit report attached ). The IRS clearly states that a consumer should receive a XXXX filed by the financial institution with the IRS for XXXX Charge-Off. I have included the XXXX Copy B ( attached ) that I received as proof that this was received now making this Charged-Off amount taxable income. The IRS and FCRA clearly states that income can not be reported to a consumer report.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief