Consumer complaint received 2023-09-04
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA
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:
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  The Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 Section 602a 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. '' XXXX, XXXX, and Equifax are consumer reporting agencies and I am the consumer. As a consumer, I have the right to make sure that my private information is not share which is backed by 15 USC 6801. 15 USC 6801 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. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 Section 604 ( a ) states : " In general. Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : ( 1 ) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order, or a subpoena issued in connection with proceedings before a Federal grand jury.

( 2 ) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX the financial institution and the consumer reporting agencies XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to XXXX, Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX whether it be written, verbal, non-verbal, implied, or otherwise is revoked. 
15 USC 6802b & c states : " A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless ( C ) the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. 
Also 15 USC1681C ( a ) ( 5 ) states : " ( a ) Information excluded from consumer reports Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information : ( 5 ) 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 an adverse item that they are reporting without my permission which is against the law.

15 USC 1681s-2 ( a ) ( 1 ) 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. '' Also 15 USC 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 ... '' Equifax, and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. 
12 CFR 1016.7 ( 2 ) ( 3 ) states : " ( ii ) That the consumer has the right to opt out of that disclosure ; and ( iii ) A reasonable means by which the consumer may exercise the opt out right '' I am opting out of your reporting services. ''

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief