Consumer complaint received 2023-08-13
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TX
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:
Pursuant the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 a states " There is a need to insure that the consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumer 's right to privacy ''. XXXX. XXXX and Equifax are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information is not shared which is backed by 15 USC 6801 and states " It is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of it's costumers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers ' nonpublic personal information. '' ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section 604 a section 2 states " 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. '' ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES, the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX and Equifax do not have my consent to furnish this information and they certainly do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to XXXX, XXXX, Equifax and ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is REVOKED. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states " A financial 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. '' ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES has yet to inform me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Furthermore, 15 USC 1681 ( 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 that the company is reporting without my permission which is against the law. 15 USC 1681 s-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 USC 1681 e 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, XXXX and Equifax are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also, 12 CFR 1016.7 states " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am opting out of your reporting services.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation