Consumer complaint received 2024-05-06 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: CBC Companies, Inc.
State: NY

Complaint narrative:
In according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 ( a ) 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 and Innovis are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer who has the right to ensure my private information is not shared as it is backed by 15 USC 6801 stating the following, " 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. '' XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  are financial institutions by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section 604 ( a ) section 2 states that " 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 Bank the financial institutions and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX  and Innovis does not and have not ever had my consent to furnish this information and they absolutely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to XXXX XXXX Innovis, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Bank 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. '' XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX  has never notified me of my right to exercise this nondisclosure option. Not only that 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 are considered adverse items they are reporting again without my permission which is 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 and Innovis are not maintaining reasonable procedures. I would also like to refer to 12 CFR 1016.7 which states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am choosing to opt out of their reporting services. Furthermore section 603. Definitions ; rules of construction 15 USC 1681a ( d ) Consumer report states " ( 1 ) In general. The term " consumer report '' means any written, oral, or other communication of any information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer 's 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 consumer 's eligibility for ( A ) credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes ; ( B ) employment purposes ; or ( C ) any other purpose authorized under section 604 [ 1681b ]. 

Privacy Act of 1974 5 USC section 552 ( a ) - Definitions. ( 4 ) the term record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph ; 5 USC section 552 ( b ) - Conditions of Disclosures. " No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains, unless disclosure of the record would be - ( 12 ) to a consumer reporting agency in accordance with section 3711 ( e ) of title 31. 

Section 3711 ( e ) of title 31 - ( 1 ) " When trying to collect a claim of the Government under a law except the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 1 et seq. ), the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency shall disclose to a consumer reporting agency information from a system of records that a person is responsible for a claim if, ( E ) the head of the agency has established procedures to ( iii ) get satisfactory assurances from each consumer reporting agency that the agency is complying with all laws of the United States related to providing consumer credit information ; ''

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation