Consumer complaint received 2023-08-31 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: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 states " There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and respect for the consumer 's rights to privacy. XXXX, XXXX, and Experian 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 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. 

XXXX XXXX XXXX  ) 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 consumers report under the following circumstances and no other : in accordance with written instructions of the consumer whom it relates. '' ( XXXX XXXX ) the financial institutions and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, XXXX, Experian do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any consent to XXXX, Experian, XXXX, ( XXXX XXXX ) whether it verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states a Financial Institution may not disclose nonpublic information to nonaffiliated third party unless : the consumer is given an explanation on 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 ), 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. '' These accounts are adverse items that reporting without my permission which is illegal and against the law. 15 USC 1681 s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A " states a person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate. 15 USC 1681e states '' Every consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of this section 1681 c of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under this section 1681b of this title. '' Experian, XXXX, XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. also 12 CFR 1016.7 states that " A consumer may exercise the right to opt out at any time. And I'm opting out of your reporting services.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation