Consumer complaint received 2024-01-21 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: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NJ

Complaint narrative:
In accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting act, there is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. The List of accounts below has violated my federally protected consumer rights to privacy and confidentiality under 15 U.S.C. 1681, 15 U.S.C. 6801-6805, The Privacy Act of 1974 as well as inaccurate reporting per the IRS Publication 4681. XXXX  XXXX XXXX accounts : Account # XXXX  : Account # XXXX  :. According to the IRS Publication 4681- A Charge off is a certificate of Indebtedness that is now considered income, which needs to be reported on my Income Tax. Income can not be reported to your credit report. You must also update to paid as agreed and/or remove the information listed above. Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. There is 100 % improper use of the credit report. Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX HAS VIOLATED THE FCRA, AND I'M HIGHLY UPSET ABOUT THIS. I FOUND MANY INACCURACIES ON MY CREDIT REPORT. INCLUDING ACCOUNTS THAT I NEVER GAVE YOU WRITTEN PERMISSION TO ADD ON ANY INFORMATION TO THE CREDIT REPORT! 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 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 ) is a financial institution 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 ) the financial institution 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, and XXXX, ( XXXX  XXXX XXXX ) 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 ) Never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option.15 U.S.C 6805 states ( a ) In general Subject to subtitle B of the Consumer Protection Act of 2010 [ 12 U.S.C 5511 et seq. ], this subchapter and the regulations prescribed thereunder shall be enforced by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Federal functional regulators, the State insurance authorities, and the Federal Trade Commission with respect to financial institutions and other persons subject to their jurisdiction under applicable law, as follows : ( 8 ) Under subtitle E of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [ 12 U.S.C. 5561 et seq. ], by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, in the case of any financial institution and other covered person or service provider that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Bureau and any person subject to this subchapter, but not with respect to the standards under section 6801 of this title. 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. '' This account is an adverse item 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. Equifax, XXXX, and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. '' I am opting out of your reporting services. No agency shall disclose any records 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 consent of the individual to whom the record pertain to ( PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 )

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief