Consumer complaint received 2022-09-26
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Information belongs to someone else

Complaint:
These credit transactions have been reported and furnished without my consent and its mandatory that they keep my written consent and can verify that me the original creditor and natural person can verify the information. I was also never given my right to opt out As per 15 USC 6827 ( 3 ) " The term document means any information in any form. '' The provisions of 15 USC 6801 ( a ) require financial institutions to notify consumes of their information sharing practices and provide for a right to opt out of certain sharing, In the above-mentioned Consumer Credit Transaction , without giving me the opportunity to opt-out, your institution furnished my nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties ( XXXX XXXX, Equifax XXXX XXXX ) XXXX 

According to 15 USC 6809 ( 4 ) ( A ). The term " nonpublic personal information '' means personally identifiable financial information Provided by a consumer to a financial institution Resulting from any transaction with the consumer or any service performed for the consumer ; or Otherwise obtained by the financial institution.

Further, pursuant to 15 USC 6809 ( 5 ) the term " nonaffiliated third party '' means any entity that is not an affiliate of, or related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control with, the financial institution, but does not include a joint employee of such institution. 

Therefore, as per the literal interpretation, the organization named XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX are nonaffiliated third parties and your institution has violated the provisions of 15 USC 6802. 

In case your Company admits that the organization named XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX is affiliated, it has still violated the provisions of FCRA ( Fair Credit Reporting Act ). 


UNDER 15 USC 1681a ( d ) ( 2 ) ( A ) ( ii ), the Consumer Report will not include any information communicated among persons related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control.

Further, 15 USC 1681a ( d ) ( 2 ) ( A ) ( ill ) states that if the Company wants to communicate other information among persons related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control, it shall be clearly and conspicuously disclosed to the consumer that the information may be communicated among such persons and the consumer shall be given the opportunity to direct that such information not be communicated among such persons. 

Therefore, your Company has not only infringed my right to privacy but also violated multiple Federal Laws. 

I hereby request you to remove the below-mentioned information from my Consumer Report ; XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Original Creditor : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Original Creditor : XXXX XXXX AND XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX DELETE THESE ACCOUNTS AT ONCE AND ALSO PROVIDE THE WRITTEN CONSENT THAT IS MANDATORY TO HAVE ON FILE ACCORDING TO YOUR DATA SHARING POLICY.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation