Consumer complaint received 2024-01-21
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. (NY)

UNITY XXXX XXXX via XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XX/XX/2024 NOTICE TO AGENT IS NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL ; NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO AGENT Upon review of my consumer reports, it has come to my attention that XXXX XXXX XXXX is reporting an account on my consumer report that I did not give expressed permission or permissible purpose to report ( 15 USC 1681b2 ). 
As a consumer, I have the right to privacy pursuant to 15 USC 1681, 15 USC 1682, 15 USC 6801, and 15 USC 1681n. My auto loan is private information and you have reported my private information without my consent. Your actions amount to aggravated identity theft. 
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. 
As a consumer, you have an obligation to protect my personal non-public information. 
15 U.S. Code 6801 - Protection of nonpublic personal information ( a ) PRIVACY OBLIGATION POLICY 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. 
( b ) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SAFEGUARDS In furtherance of the policy in subsection ( a ), each agency or authority described in section 6805 ( a ) of this title, other than the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, shall establish appropriate standards for the financial institutions subject to their jurisdiction relating to administrative, technical, and physical safeguards ( 1 ) to insure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information ; ( 2 ) to protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such records ; and ( 3 ) to protect against unauthorized access to or use of such records or information which could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer. 

You reported my confidential and private information to non-affiliated third parties without my permission or without giving the proper disclosures. 
15 U.S. Code 6802 - Obligations with respect to disclosures of personal information ( b ) Opt out ( 1 ) In general 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. 
I am requesting all of my disclosures ( pursuant 15 USC 6802b ) that you should have conspicuously disclosed to me before reporting my non-public personal information to non-affiliated third parties ( XXXX, Transunion, XXXX and 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 and defamation of character. XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX has 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. 
15 U.S. Code 1681n - Civil liability for willful noncompliance ( a ) In general Any 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 ( 1 ) ( A ) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure or damages of not less than {$100.00} and not more than {$1000.00} ; or ( 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 ; Furthermore, you have no lawful authority or permissible purpose to put any account on my consumer reports. You have 10 calendar days from the receipt of this notice to delete this account.