Consumer complaint received 2023-05-03
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: EQUIFAX, INC. (FL)

I had send this letter to XXXX, Equifax and XXXX to opt-out of their reporting service as per Law and they have fail the comply with the Federal Laws as such I like to exercise my customer right to sue. 


Fair Credit Reporting Act Please apply these laws to my accounts : The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Law 111-203, title X, 124 Stat. 2092 ( 2010 ) Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) 15 U.S. Code 1681 - Congressional findings and statement of purpose ( FCRA ) Please consider this a formal request to investigate and correct the following inaccurate items on my credit report issued by your agency. These items must be removed in order to show my true credit history. I make this request with the backing of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ) 15 U.S. Code 1681 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1997. As required by the Act, I demand unauthorized Inquiries, derogatory remarks, late payments, public records, closed accounts, and student loan accounts removed from my consumer report.

The banking system is dependent upon fair and accurate credit reporting. Inaccurate credit reports directly impair the efficiency of the banking system, and unfair credit reporting methods undermine the public confidence which is essential to the continued functioning of the banking system. There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy.

The term consumer report means any written, oral, or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumers credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living which is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumers eligibility for : ( i ) credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes ; ( ii ) employment purposes; or ( iii ) any other purpose authorized under section 1681b of this title.

It is the policy of Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the privacy of its consumers and to protect the security and confidentiality of those consumers nonpublic personal information.

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information, unless such financial institution provides or has provided to the consumer a notice that complies with section 6803 of this title.

I have the right to opt out based on the following : A 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.