Consumer complaint received 2023-12-03
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL
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:
I, XXXX XXXX XXXX is writing you to complaint about Violation of my Privacy Rights. 

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The list of accounts has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A 15 U.S.C. 1681c ( a ) ( 5 ) 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( f ), 16 C.F.R. Equifax 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 which is backed by 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 the customers nonpublic personal information!!!! I have not supplied proof under the doctrine of estoppel by silence, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I presume that no proof of the alleged debt, in fact therefore exist. Per the fair credit reporting Act, Section 611 ( a ) ( 5 ), you have 30days to investigate disputes. If you can not verify the information within 30-day time period, you must delete all the disputed accounts from my report. You must now delete the disputed and unverified accounts.

15 U.S. Code 1681b - Permissible purposes of consumer reports Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other ( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. 
They need your written consent to add anything to your consumer report if you did not give this authorization that is a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act P.L 90-321 ( 82 Stat. 146 ) which is law law that backes the code is even stricter as it states that any agency can only get your report in response to a request by the head of a State or local child support enforcement agency ( or a State or local government official authorized by the head of such an agency ) ( c ) Furnishing reports in connection with credit or insurance transactions that are not initiated by consumer ( 1 ) In general A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report relating to any consumer pursuant to subparagraph ( A ) or ( C ) of subsection ( a ) ( 3 ) in connection with any credit or insurance transaction that is not initiated by the consumer only if ( A ) the consumer authorizes the agency to provide such report to such person ; or ( B ) ( i ) the transaction consists of a firm offer of credit or insurance ; ( ii ) the consumer reporting agency has complied with subsection ( e ) ; ( iii ) there is not in effect an election by the consumer, made in accordance with subsection ( e ), to have the consumers name and address excluded from lists of names provided by the agency pursuant to this paragraph ; and ( iv ) the consumer report does not contain a date of birth that shows that the consumer has not attained the age of XXXX, or, if the date of birth on the consumer report shows that the consumer has not attained the age of XXXX, such consumer consents to the consumer reporting agency to such furnishing. 

The following accounts are a violation on my consumer report US DEPT OF EDUCATION XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX, VA XXXX Acct # XXXX XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IL XXXX ACCT # XXXX XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX, CA XXXX ACCT # XXXX XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TN XXXX ACCT # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, TX XXXX ACCT # XXXX XX/XX/XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief