Consumer complaint received 2023-05-11
Company: AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
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:
In reference to the following account below : XXXX XXXX XXXX  Acct # XXXX XXXX XXXX Acct XXXX XXXX AMEX Acct # XXXX In accordance with section 602 an of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 USC 1681 ), " There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their serious obligations with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumer 's right to privacy. '' I am the consumer, and XXXX are consumer reporting companies. According to 15 USC 6801, " 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, '' I have the right to ensure that my private information isn't shared. A financial institution is one that " ( Furnisher information to credit agencies ) is by definition under that designation. According to section 2 of subsection ( a ) of section 604 of 15 USC 1681, " In general, anyConsumer reporting agencies may only provide a consumer report under the following conditions : in line with the consumer to whom it relates explicit instructions. ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) The financial institution and the consumer reporting companies XXXX do not have my consent to provide this information, and they most definitely do not have my written consent. Any and all consents, whether expressed orally, nonverbally, in writing, implicitly, or otherwise, to XXXX ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) are canceled. According to 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ), " A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party without first providing the consumer with instructions on how to exercise that nondisclosure option. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) Never made me aware of my option to withhold information. Furthermore, according to 15 USC 1681C ( a ) ( 5 ), " No consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report that contains any of the following items of information, except as authorized under subsection ( b ) Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes that predate 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. 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( 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 reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. XXXX do not follow reasonable practices. A consumer may exercise their right to opt out at any time, according to 12 CFR 1016.7. I choose not to use your reporting services and opt out of them.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation