Consumer complaint received 2024-04-04
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. (GA)

In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 USC 1681 section 602a 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. '' XXXX, Equifax 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. 15 USC 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. '' Pursuant to 15 USC 1681 604a, section 2, by definition, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, are financial institutions. 15 USC 1681 604a, section 2 states " 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. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, the financial institutions, and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, Equifax and XXXX do not have, and have not ever had my consent to furnish this information and they definitely do not have and have not ever had my written consent. Any and all consent to XXXX Equifax, XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX whether it be written, non-verbal, verbal, implied or otherwise, is revoked. This is the second opt-out/revocation, I the consumer, have given as the first was ignored. 
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. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  never gave me notice or informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. 
In addition, 15 USC 1681C ( 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 furnished to XXXX, Equifax and XXXX by XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX are adverse items they are, again, reporting without my permission. These actions are, in fact, against the law. 
15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( 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. 
15 U.S. Code 1681e states Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section 1681c of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section 1681b of this title. XXXX, Equifax and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures and the consumer reports of each agency are not uniform throughout in reporting. 
Also 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am, again, for the second time, opting out of your reporting services.