Consumer complaint received 2023-09-04
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: IA
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:
In accordance with the fair route credit reporting act 15 USC 1681 section 602 a states there is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise the grave responsibilities with fairness and impartiality, and the respect for consumers rights to privacy. XXXX and Experian are consumer reporting agency and I am a consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information isnt 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 customers to protect the security and confidentialities of those customers nonpublic personal information XXXX XXXX is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section 604 a section 2 states that in general subject to subsection see any consumer reporting agency may furniture consumer report under the following circumstances, and no other : in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer, to whom it relates XXXX XXXX the financial institution, and the consumer reporting agencies XXXX and Experian do not have my consent to furnish this information, and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to XXXX, Experian, and XXXX XXXX whether it be verbal nonverbal written, implied or otherwise is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that a financial institution, may not disclose nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties, unless the consumers, giving an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that non-disclosure option XXXX XXXX Never informed me of my right to exercise. My non-disclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681C. ( a ) ( 5 ) states except as authorized under subsection be no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information, any other adverse items of information, other than records of convictions of crimes, which antedates the report by more than seven years this account is an adverse item. They are reporting again without my permission, and it is against the law. 15 US code 1681 S-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A states a person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency is the person knows or has reasonable cost to believe the information is inaccurate 15 US code 1681 E. states every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of this section 1681C of this title, and to limit the furnishings of the consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681B of this title XXXX and Experian are not mean tanning reasonable procedures. also 12, CFR 1016.7 states that a consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. I am opting out of their reporting services.

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