Consumer complaint received 2023-08-11
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: DC
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:
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 Transunion are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information isn't shared. 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. '' According to 5 USC 522a ( Privacy Act Of 1974 ) the term record means any item, collection, accounting or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photographthe Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX and Transunion does not have my consent to furnish my phone number, my social security number, my date of birth and employment history as it is my confidential information and they do not have my written consent which is a direct violation of the Privacy Act Of 1974 and the FCRA. As 5 USC 522b states Conditions of Disclosure.No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains, unless disclosure of the record would be ( 12 ) to a consumer reporting agency in accordance with section 3711 ( e ) of title 31. Section 3711 ( e ) of title 31 States ( 1 ) When trying to collect a claim of the Government under a law except the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 1 et seq. ), the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency shall disclose to a consumer reporting agency information from a system of records that a person is responsible for a claim if the head of the agency has established procedures toget satisfactory assurances from each consumer reporting agency that the agency is complying with all laws of the United States related to providing consumer credit information Any and all consent to XXXX, XXXX, Transunion whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked immediately and indefinitely. 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. Equifax, Transunion and Experian 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 the reporting of my confidential information and demand my phone number, social security number, employment information and date of birth to be removed immediately. XXXX, Transunion 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 the reporting of the confidential information listed above. The consumer reporting agencies are to be compliant with the FCRA.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief