Consumer complaint received 2024-07-04 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: MA

Complaint narrative:
Per the FCRA as a federally protected consumer, I am revoking & opting out of any and all authorization, I the consumer may have given XXXX, Equifax, & XXXX, written, verbal, & nonverbal for reporting on the XXXX XXXX XXXX Account XXXX ( AS DISPLAYED ON MY CREDIT REPORT ) per 15 USC 6802 for the month of XX/XX/XXXX. " According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602, it states : 'There is a need to ensure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. ' XXXX, Equifax 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 15 USC 6801, which 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. ' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681 section 604, 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. ' ( Furnisher of information to credit agencies ) the financial institution and the Consumer reporting agencies XXXX, Equifax, and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information, and they surely do not have my written consent. 

15 U.S. Code 1681s2 ( A ) ( 1 ) A states : '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. 

Please provide evidence of my written consent that authorized your company to list this adverse item on my report. If you can not provide that to me, you are in violation of the fair credit reporting act and the Privacy Act of 1974. 

15 USC 1681c Any other Adverse items other than convictions of crimes are not allowable unless consumer provides written consent. 

If you have violated 1681b and 1681c of the FCRA you are also in violation of 1681e involving compliance procedures. U.S. Code 1681e 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. ' Please provide evidence of my written consent that authorized your company to list this adverse item on my report. If you can not provide that to me, you are in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. 
In addition pursuant to 15 USC 1681c Any other Adverse items other than convictions of crimes are not allowable unless consumer provides written consent. Again, please provide evidence of my written consent that authorized your company to list this adverse item on my report. 

In addition, The payment status on this account is inaccurate and invalid. XXXX Equifax and XXXX are required to report the maximum possible accuracy of any information that your company reports. Please verify these late payments pursuant to 15 USC 1666b and 15 USC 1637a ( a ) as I am quite sure the billing statement was not not received in the required time allowed by law. If you can not verify it, please update this late payment and the account to Paid As Agreed Never Late ( PAANL ) permanently and update the account. Provide documentation showing this account is indeed late, or it will be a violation of 15 U.S.C. 1666b,15 U.S.C 1637a ( a ) and a violation of 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 The late payment is to be updated as paid as agreed PAANL.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation