Good question. You need to understand that in today's age of quick access to information one's personal information, including credit history is not so private and is subject to dissemination by one's creditor to other creditors without the knowledge or approval of the person whose credit information is being given out.This is what happended in your situation and it is not at all unusual to have happened. What occurred was entirely legal in that your credit history is being assessed by third parties who then create a credit report and ranking. Although you may have signed credit applications with distributors stating that they can gather information about you and your company, from what you have written there is no reference prohibiting the sharing of your credit information.From what you have written, I see nothing that you can do legally to stop what has happened or a basis for filing a lawsuit.