Consumer complaint received 2023-12-22
Company: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
State: CA
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 the Fair Credit Reporting Act 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 a respect for the consumers right to privacy. '' XXXX, XXXX and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information isn't shared, and this is supported 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 customers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those customers nonpublic personal information. '' Navy Federal Credit Union, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX are all financial institutions 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. '' Navy Federal Credit Union, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX financial institutions and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX and XXXX 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, XXXX, Navy Federal Credit Union, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and 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. '' Navy Federal Credit Union, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX never made me aware of my right to use my nondisclosure option. In addition, 15 USC 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. '' They are reporting these adverse items without my consent, which is illegal. 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. '' I have reached out to XXXX numerous times to let them know the information was inaccurate no where during these times did they stop reporting it. 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, 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. Furthermore, this is also a violation of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S. Code 552a, as you do not have my written instruction.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation