Consumer complaint received 2023-04-20
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: MO
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Report provided to employer without your written authorization

Complaint:
In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 USC 6802 : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ( a ) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information, unless such financial institution provides or has provided to the consumer a notice that complies with section 6803 of this title. ( b ) OPT ouT ( 1 ) IN GENERAL A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless-such financial institution clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer, in writing or in electronic form or other form permitted by the regulations prescribed under section 6804 of this title, that such information may be disclosed to such third party ; the consumer is given the opportunity, before the time that such information is initially disclosed, to direct that such information not be disclosed to such third party ; and the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. ( 2 ) EXCEPTION This subsection shall not prevent a financial institution from providing nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party to perform services for or functions on behalf of the financial institution, including marketing of the financial institution 's own products or services, or financial products or services offered pursuant to joint ach information and enters into a contractual agreement with the third party thagreements between two or more financial institutions that comply with the requirements imposed by the regulations prescribed under section 6804 of this title, if the financial institution fully discloses the providing of sut requires the third party to maintain the confidentiality of such information. ( C ) LIMITS ON REUSE OF INFORMATION Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a nonaffiliated third party that receives from a financial institution nonpublic personal information under this section shall not, directly or through an affiliate of such receiving third party, disclose such information to any other person that is a nonaffiliated third party of both the financial institution and such receiving third party, unless such disclosure would be lawful if made directly to such other person by the financial institution. ( d ) LIMITATIONS ON THE SHARING OF ACCOUNT NUMBER INFORMATION FOR MARKETING PURPOSES A financial institution shall not disclose, other than to a consumer reporting agency, an account number or similar form of access number or access code for a credit card account, deposit account, or transaction account of a consumer to any nonaffiliated third party for use in telemarketing, direct mail marketing, or other marketing through electronic mail to the consumer. ( e ) GENERAL EXCEPTIONS Subsections ( a ) and ( b ) shall not prohibit the disclosure of nonpublic personal information- ( 1 ) as necessary to effect, administer, or enforce a transaction requested or authorized by the consumer, or in connection with- servicing or processing a financial product or service requested or authorized by the consumer ; maintaining or servicing the consumer 's account with the financial institution, or with another entity as part of a private label credit card program or other extension of credit on behalf of such entity ; or a proposed or actual securitization, secondary market sale ( including sales of servicing rights ), or similar transaction related to a transaction of the - [ ] consumer ; ( 6 ) - [ ] ( A ) to a consumer reporting agency in accordance with the Fair Credit - [ ] Reporting Act [ 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ], or ( B ) from a consumer report reported by a consumer reporting agency ; - [ ] ( 7 ) in connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, transfer, or exchange of all or a portion of a business or operating unit if the disclosure of nonpublic personal information concerns solely - [ ] consumers of such business or unit ; or - [ ] ( 8 ) to comply with Federal, State, or local laws, rules, and other applicable legal requirements ; to comply with a properly authorized civil,

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 explanation