Consumer complaint received 2024-02-14 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 ( a ), " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and respect for the consumer 's right to privacy. '' 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 15 USC 6801 backs that, and it 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. '' XXXXXXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is a financial institutions by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681, Section 604a, 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 XXXX XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX the financial institutions, and consumer reporting agencies Equifax and XXXX do not have my written consent. Any and all consents to XXXX, Equifax, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX whether verbal, non-verbal, written, implied, or otherwise, are revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that " A financial institution may not disclose non-public personal information to a non-affiliated 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 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681 C ( 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 adverse items of information, other than records of convictions of crimes that antedate 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 1681s-2 ( 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 and XXXX are not maintaining responsible procedures. Also 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " a consumer may exercise the right to opt out anytime. '' I am opting out of your reporting services. " +*96+

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief