Consumer complaint received 2024-02-26 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: GA

Complaint narrative:
In accordance to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 a " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their great responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. '' XXXX, XXXX, and Equifax are consumer reporting agencies and I am the XXXXonsumer. 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 account number XXXX is an 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. '' Western Funding financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, Equifax 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 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 never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681C ( a ) ( 5 ) states '' Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), but no consumer reporting agency may also 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 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, XXXX and Equifax 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. In regard to 5 USC 522a, I was coerced into providing my private Social Security Number to XXXX XXXX, which was not mandatory and was not made clear at any time as they are not part of the Federal Government. In that only instance will I state and claim that I was a victim of identity theft. It is understood that this account has been Charged-Off and is considered a Certificate of Indebtedness which means it is income. And must be removed.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief