Consumer complaint received 2024-02-02 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: IN

Complaint narrative:
To whom it may concern within the CFPB, I am invoking your authority, and enforcing my right to privacy as granted through acts of Congress. I have a legitimate and lawful right to privacy and I would like to express a very real concern that Equifax is actively violating my federally protected consumer rights. Throughout the years I have ordered consumer reports, and I have been a party to declined credit and adverse action as a direct result of the non-public private information revealed and disclosed through Equifaxs consumer reporting practices. The Privacy Act of 1974 - 5 US Code 552a affords me, as a protected consumer the right of consent in all disclosures. The Conditions of Disclosures section of the above act clearly describes No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains, and goes on to further outline legitimate and governmental reasons. Your agency is not considered an agency of government, moreover, it could be more closely classified as a non-affiliate, for-profit, third party. This is a clear and direct infringement of my consumer protections, and further outlined in 15 USC 6802, in part saying that a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information, without ( A ) Consent, ( B ) The opportunity, before the time that such information is initially disclosed, to direct that such information not be disclosed to such third party ; and ( C ) or the ability to exercise nondisclosure via opting out. I was not afforded the opportunity to Opt-out, or allowed to direct how unwanted personal private information was disclosed. I continue to identify instances of Accounts & personal information being shared without my consent written or otherwise per 15 USC 1681b. I am invoking my lawful and federally protected rights to opt-out and direct the manner in which disclosures and dissemination of my private information are made available by Equifax according to the rules of the FCRA and 16 CFR 313.10. Equifax fits the legal definition of a nonaffiliated 3rd party The term nonaffiliated third party means any entity that is not an affiliate of, or related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control with, the financial institution, but does not include a joint employee of such institution. However, per 15 USC 1681 sec 602 you are still bound to exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. To be as plain as possible, there are glaring unaddressed violations with the disclosure and dissemination of my information without my proven or documented consent. I am revoking any and all authorization I the consumer may have given you, written, non-written, verbal, and non-verbal per 5 U.S. Code 552a. Whether it be procedural mishandling or willful noncompliance, I insist on an immediate opportunity to cure the below : 1. ) XXXX/XXXX  XXXX 2. ) Inquiries from : XXXX XXXX XXXX XX/XX/XXXX or any others without verifiable consent provided through me. 
3. ) Any and all unsubstantiated claims and references to Bankruptcy. As clearly documented and provided as proof with this complaint, The XXXX District of Indiana has not and does not share, confirm, or verify bankruptcy information with Equifax or any other credit bureau. This puts forth the question What documentation was used and from what source did Equifax accept and investigate to verify this furnishing was accurate? 15 USC 1681s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) 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. 
4. ) Employment information is not to be disclosed. 

Because of the clear and scrupulous nature of this complaint and the laws and safeguards from which it pertains, I look forward to your prompt attention and resolution of both my Consumer File and Consumer Report to avoid a further official audit and a continued pursuit of remedy.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation