Consumer complaint received 2023-08-27
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
State: GA
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Other personal consumer report
Issue: Identity theft protection or other monitoring services
Sub-issue: Problem with product or service terms changing

Complaint:
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 states, " There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumer 's right to privacy. '' XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX are Consumer reporting agencies, and I am the Consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information isn't shared, as noted in 15 USC 6801, which states, " It is the policy of the Congress 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. '' American Express is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section 604 a section 2 states, " In general, Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : following the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' American Express, the financial institution, and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information, and they do not have my written permission. All acquiescence to XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX, American Express, whether verbal, non-verbal, written, implied, or otherwise, is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) declares that " A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless the consumer is elucidated how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. '' They never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that, 15 USC 1681C ( a ) ( 5 ) discloses, '' Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency may 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 seven years. '' This account is a negative item they are reporting again without my permission, which is against the law. 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A reveals, " 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. 15 U.S. Code 1681e states, '' Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681c of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. '' XXXX and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Furthermore, 12 CFR 1016.7 states, " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am opting out of reporting services. ''

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation