Consumer complaint received 2023-12-08
Company: EdFinancial Services
State: NC
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:
According to 15 USC 1681 {$600.00} of the Fair Credit Reporting Act " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality and a respect for the consumer 's right to privacy. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) is a consumer reporting agency and I am the Consumer. I invoke my right to to ensure my private information IS NOT shared as 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 consumers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers nonpublic personal information. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) is a financial institution as defined under that title 15 USC 1681 {$600.00} sec. 2 states that " In general Subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. '' Additionally, these companies that furnish information to credit agencies, financial institutions and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX 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, XXXX XXXX, ( Furnishers of information to credit reporting agencies ), whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that " A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless -- the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. '' ( Furnishers of information to credit reporting agencies ) never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that, 15 SUC 1681C ( a ) ( 5 ) states " 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 an adverse item they are reporting again without my permission which is against the law. According to, 15 USC 1681 s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A is states " A persons 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 1681 e states " Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681 c of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. '' XXXX, XXXX and XXXX are not maintaining 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 YOUR REPORTING SERVICES.

Company response to consumer: Untimely response