Consumer complaint received 2024-06-03 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: Maximus Federal Services, Inc.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ) ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g ; 34 CFR Part 99 ) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 Sec 602 - " 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 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 15USC 6801 which states " It is the policy of the Congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continuing obligation to respect the customers nonpublic personal information. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION /AIDVANTAGE is a financial institution 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. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION /AIDVANTAGE the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies 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 XXXX, XXXX, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION /AIDVANTAGE whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked. 15 USC 6802 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 the non-disclosure option. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION XXXXAIDVANTAGE. never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that 15 USC 1681 ( 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 this information, other than records 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 US Code 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) States " a person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has any reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. 15US Code 1681 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 and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also, 12CFR 1016.7 states " 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