Consumer complaint received 2024-06-06
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. (NY)

With " Accordance to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section XXXX states " There is a duty to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumer 's right to privacy. '' Equifax, XXXX, XXXX are consumer reporting agencies and I am the XXXX. 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 XXXX 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. ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section XXXX a section XXXX that states " In general subject 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. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) the XXXX XXXX and the consumer reporting agencies Equifax, XXXX and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, XXXX, XXXX ( furnisher of information to credit agencies ) 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. '' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) Never was i informed of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681 C ( a ) ( XXXX ) 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 XXXX years. '' This account is an adverse item they are reporting again without my permission which is against the law, 15 US Code 1681s-2 ( A ) ( XXXX ) which 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. 15 US Code 1681 ( XXXX ) states " Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section XXXX ( c ) of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section XXXX ( b ) of this title. '' Equifax, XXXX and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also XXXX XXXX XXXX states " That a consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. " I am opting out of your reporting services ''