Consumer complaint received 2025-01-16 00:00:00
Product: Credit card — General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Other features, terms, or problems — Privacy issues
Company: Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
In your CFPB repose you on record stated that you no longer have this account and the account has been transferred to a third party debt collector. 
Were no longer the creditor on your account. For any additional questions about your account please contact XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX The above statement is a direct violation of my consumer rights. 
15 U.S. Code 6801 - Protection of nonpublic personal information ( a ) Privacy obligation policy 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. 
( b ) Financial institutions safeguards In furtherance of the policy in subsection ( a ), each agency or authority described in section 6805 ( a ) of this title, other than the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, shall establish appropriate standards for the financial institutions subject to their jurisdiction relating to administrative, technical, and physical safeguards ( 1 ) to insure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information ; ( 2 ) to protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such records ; and ( 3 ) to protect against unauthorized access to or use of such records or information which could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer. 
15 U.S. Code 6802 - Obligations with respect to disclosures of personal information ( a ) Notice requirements Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information. 
I have recently come across inform from the Federal trade Commission ( FTC ) more specifically the GrammLeachBliley Act 15 usc 6802 obligations with respect to disclosures of personal information ( a ) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a financial institution may not, directly or through any affiliate, disclose to a nonaffiliated third party any nonpublic personal information, unless such financial institution provides or has provided to the consumer a notice that complies with section 6803 of this title. 
( b ) OPT OUT ( 1 ) IN GENERAL A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless ( A ) such financial institution clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer, in writing or in electronic form or other form permitted by the regulations prescribed under section 6804 of this title, that such information may be disclosed to such third party ; ( B ) the consumer is given 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 ) the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. 
The only true credit bureau is the CFPB and they DO NOT furnish consumer reports as stated in federal law. I have a right to privacy and Per the Privacy Act of 1974 as a federally protected consumer I am now revoking any and all authorization I the consumer may have given the original creditor, non written, verbal, and nonverbal per 5 U.S. Code 552a. Selling my nonpublic personal information is against federal law. The only way information can be shared is by common ownership or control. 
15 U.S. Code 6809 - Definitions ( 5 ) Nonaffiliated third 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. 
15 U.S. Code 1692e - False or misleading representations ( 12 ) The false representation or implication that accounts have been turned over to innocent purchasers for value. 
By transferring over my nonpublic personal information to XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX which is a third party debt collector, you are aiding them with aggregate identity theft by federal law. 
18 U.S.C. 1028A Simply stated, aggravated identity theft occurs when someone knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses without permission, identification of another person, and then uses that identification during and/or in relation to the act of a particular felony violation. 
15 U.S. Code 1681s3 Affiliate sharing ( 1 ) Notice Any person that receives from another person related to it by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control a communication of information that would be a consumer report The only way information can be passed from one company to the next is common ownership. 
15 usc 1681 congressional finding and statement of purpose ACCURACY AND FAIRNESS OF CREDIT REPORTING The Congress makes the following findings : ( 1 ) The banking system is dependent upon fair and accurate credit reporting. Inaccurate credit reports directly impair the efficiency of the banking system, and unfair credit reporting methods undermine the public confidence which is essential to the continued functioning of the banking system. 
Transferring my nonpublic personal information isnt fair nor accurate reporting. 
15 usc 1681 s-2 Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies ( a ) DUTY OF FURNISHERS OF INFORMATION TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION ( 1 ) PROHIBITION ( A ) Reporting information with actual knowledge of errors 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 the information is inaccurate. 
Duty A moral or legal obligation ; responsibility. 
Accurate Correct in all details ; exact. 
Prohibition A law or regulation forbids something.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation