Consumer complaint received 2023-11-28
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: FL
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Was not notified of investigation status or results

Complaint:
2nd and final notice Notice to agent is notice to principal notice to principal is notice to agent.

Upon my review of my consumer reports it has come my attention that you ( put name of XXXX loan servicer ) are reporting an account/ accounts to my Consumer reports that I did not give you any express permission or permissible purpose to report. 15 USC 1681b2 As a consumer I have the right to privacy pursuant 15 USC 1681, 15 USC 1692, 15 USC 6801. 
My private information is my business, my XXXX loans are my private information, you have reported my private information without my consent. Your actions amount to aggravated identity theft. 
18 USC 1028A.

As a consumer you have an obligation to protect my personal non public information.

15 U.S. Code 6801 - Protection of nonpublic personal information 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. 
You reported my Confidential and private information to a nonaffiliated third party without my permission or without giving the proper disclosures. 
Pursuant 15 USC 6802 15 U.S. Code 6802 - Obligations with respect to disclosures of personal information ( b ) Opt out ( 1 ) In generalA financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless ( A ) such financial institution clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer, in writing or in electronic form or other form permitted by the regulations prescribed under section 6804 of this title, that such information may be disclosed to such third party ; ( B ) the consumer is given the opportunity, before the time that such information is initially disclosed, to direct that such information not be disclosed to such third party ; and ( C ) the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option.

I am requesting all my disclosures pursuant 15 USC 6802 B that you should conspicuously disclose to me before reporting of my non-public personal information to nonaffiliated third parties ( XXXX, XXXX, Equifax, XXXX  ) I am exercising my right to opt out of having my information reported pursuant 15 USC 6802B Your action has caused me and my family severe mental anguish, defamation of character. 
You ( XXXX loan servicer Name ) have stolen my identity, violated my consumer rights, my right to privacy and the obligation you have to maintain the security and confidentiality of my private information. 


18 U.S. Code 1028A - Aggravated identity theft ( a ) Offenses.

( 1 ) In general.

Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection ( c ), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years.

Furthermore you have no lawful authority or permissible purpose to put any account my consumer reports 15 U.S. Code 1681n - Civil liability for willful noncompliance ( a ) In generalAny person who willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this subchapter with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of ( B ) in the case of liability of a natural person for obtaining a consumer report under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose, actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or {$1000.00}, whichever is greater ; You have 10 calendar days from the receipt of this notice to delete this XXXX List the accounts here that needs to be deleted.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation