Consumer complaint received 2022-11-14
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IN
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:
In accordance with the Fair Credit Reportiing Act. The List of accounts below has violated my Federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 U.S.C 1681. 

This List of accounts, has Violated my rights. 

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15 U.S.C 1681 Section 602A. States I have the right to privacy.

15 U.S.C 1681 Section 604A Section 2. It also states a consumer reporting agency can not furnish a account without my written instructions.

15 U.S.C 1681c ( a ) ( 5 ) Section States. 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.

15 U.S.C s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) 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 U.S.C s-2 ( B ) A person shall not furnish information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if ( i ) the person has been notified by the consumer, at the address specified by the person for such notices, that specific information is inaccurate ; and ( ii ) the information is in fact inaccurate.

15 U.S.C 1681c-1 ( D ) If a third party requests access to a consumer report of a consumer with respect to which a security freeze is in effect, where such request is in connection with an application for credit, and the consumer does not allow such consumer report to be accessed, the third party may treat the application as incomplete.

( 3 ) Prohibition on Release of Record or file of Protected Consumer After a security freeze has been placed & unless the security freeze is removed in accordance with this subsection, a consumer reporting agency may not release the protected consumers consumer ; s report, any information derived from the protected consumer 's consumer report, or any record created the the protected consumer.

15 U.S.C 1681n ( 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.

15 U.S.C 1681s ( A ) Knowing Violations except as otherwise provided by subtitle B of the consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, in the event of a knowing violation, which constitutes a pattern or practice of violations of this title, the Federal Trade Commission may commence a civil action to recover a civil penalty in a district court of the United States against any person that violates this title. In such action, such person shall be liable for civil penalty of not more than 2,500 per violation.

15 U.S.C 1681s ( 1 ) ( b ) for the purpose of the exercise by Federal Trade Commission of its functions and powers under the Federal Trade Commission Act, A violation for any requirement or prohibition imposed under this title shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce, in violation of section 5 ( a ) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45 ( a ) and shall be subject to enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission under section 5 ( b ) of that Act with respect to any consumer reporting agency or person that is subject to enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to this subsection, irrespective of whether that person is engaged in commerce of meets any other jurisdictional tests under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation