Consumer complaint received 2024-02-02
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (NC)

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. Equifax, 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 which is backed 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. 
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and North Carolina Child Support Agency are financial institutions by definition under that title. 15 USC1681 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. Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX have failed to uphold this consumer protection law on my behalf as a consumer. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX, and North Carolina Child Support Agency are financial institutions and the Consumer reporting agencies Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX XXXX not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely did/do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, XXXX, and 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. '' No explanation was ever given to me. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX. and North Carolina Child Support Agency never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that, 15 USC 1681 ( 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. '' These accounts ( and several of the inquiries ) are adverse items they are reporting again without my permission which is against the law. 15 U.S. Code 16812 ( 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. They have adequate reason and cause to believe that the information they are reporting is inaccurate because I have written and disputed their reports on several occasions.