Consumer complaint received 2024-01-28 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: IL

Complaint narrative:
This is another complaint in a series of complaints after XXXX, Equifax and XXXX have been willfully noncompliant when it comes to accurately reporting in my consumer credit report. Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681 section 602 a, states There is a need to insure that consumer reporting agencies exercise their grave responsibilities with fairness, impartiality, and a respect for the consumers right to privacy. Equifax and XXXX are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. My right to ensure my private information isnt shared is backed by 15 USC 6801 which states It is the policy of 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, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, and XXXXXXXX XXXX are financial institutions by definition under that title.15 USC 1681 section 604 a section2 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 who it relates. XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX  the financial institutions and the Consumer reporting agencies Equifax and XXXX do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXXXXXX XXXX whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied, or otherwise is revoked. 15 USC 6802 ( b ) ( c ) states that A financial institution may not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unless the consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, XXXX XXXX, and XXXX XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. 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 reported again without my permission which is against the law. 15 USC 1681 s-2 ( A ) ( 1 ) 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. 15 USC 1681 e 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. Equifax and XXXX are not maintaining reasonable procedures. Also, 12 CFR section 1016.7 states that A consumer may exercise the right to opt out of at any time. I am opting out of your reporting services.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief