Consumer complaint received 2024-06-07 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: CA

Complaint narrative:
According to credit reporting act 15 USC 1681 section 602a states theres a need to make sure that consumer reporting agencies demonstrate their grave responsibilities with impartiality fairness and respect for consumer right to privacy. XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies, and I am the consumer. I have the right by law to make sure my private information is not shared, which is backed by 15 USC 1681, Therefore, it states its the policy of congress that each financial institution has an affirmative and continual obligation to report the privacy of Its consumers and to protect the security and the confidentiality of those consumers non-public personal information, ( furnisher of information to credit agencies. ) Which is a financial institution under that title.

15 USC 1681 section 604a section 2 states that in general subject to subsection ( c ), any consumer report agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : according with written instructions of the consumer to which it relates. ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) The financial institutions and the consumer reporting agencies XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX XXXX does not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely never had my written consent. All and any consent to XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX, ( furnish of Information to credit agencies ) whether it be written, verbal, non-verbal, implied or otherwise is revoked. 
15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that, A financial institution does not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party, unless the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer may exercise that nondisclosure option, Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) Never inform 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 agencies 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.

Therefore, these accounts are adverse items they are reporting again without my permission, which is against the law according to 15 USC code 1682 s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A states a person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe the information is inaccurate.15 U.S Code 1681c states, consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violation of Section 1681c of this title and the limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purpose listed under Section 1681b of this title, XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also 12 CFR states, a consumer may exercise the right to opt-out at any time.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation