Consumer complaint received 2023-07-17
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint:
After doing some research into the laws regarding credit & consumer protections I found out that reporting agencies are in direct violation of my consumer rights. According to the FCRA 15 USC 1681 Section 602 ( a ) states " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and respect for the consumers 's right to privacy. '' XXXX, Equifax and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. I most certainly have a right to make sure my information is private and isn't shared which is backed by 15 USC 6801 that 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 ) section 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. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 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, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, 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. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that XXXX XXXX XXXX ( a ) ( XXXX ) states " Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency XXXX make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information : Any other adverse item of formation, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than XXXX years. '' These accounts are adverse items they are reporting again without my permission which is against the law. 15 U.S. Code 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A 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. 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 report to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. '' A consumer may exercise the right to opt out ay any time. I am opting out of your reporting services. ''

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief