Consumer complaint received 2025-01-24 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: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Per 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, XXXX 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 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. '' Navy Federal Credit Union 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. '' Navy Federal Credit Union, the financial institution, and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information for account # XXXX and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to XXXX, XXXX, XXXX & Navy Federal Credit Union whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is now 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. '' Navy Federal Credit Union 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 ), 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. XXXX, XXXX and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time along with 16 CFR 313.7 which states " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time '' which is given authority from 15 U.S. Code 6801-Protection of nonpublic personal information. 15 U.S. Code 6805 - Enforcement under ( a ) In general Subject to subtitle B of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [ 12U.S.C. 5511et 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. This account ( # XXXX ) has been reporting to my consumer report since XXXX of XXXX. I am opting out of your reporting services for this account.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation