Consumer complaint received 2024-11-12 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: MI

Complaint narrative:
The Fair Credit reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 states " 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. '' As a consumer I have a right to ensure that my private information is not shared. XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX are all consumer reporting agencies. 15 USC 6801 says " 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. '' By definition under this title XXXX XXXX XXXX is a financial institution. 15 USC 1681 section 604 a section 2 says 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. '' The financial institution XXXX XXXX XXXX and consumer reporting agencies XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX DO NOT have my consent to furnish this information. I revoke any and all consent, written or non-written, verbal or non-verbal, and implied from GLOBAL LENDING SERVICES and XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) says 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. '' With that being said, GLOBAL LENDING SERVICES ( The Financial Institution ) never informed me ( The Consumer ) of my right to exercise my non disclosure option. 
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/inquiry is an adverse item on my consumer report being reported without my permission, which is AGAINST the LAW. " 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. according to 15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( A ) ( 1 ).

In accordance with 15 U.S. Code 1681e which 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 these 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.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation