Consumer complaint received 2023-04-28 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: AL

Complaint narrative:
I received a copy of my credit report from Transunion. The credit report showed credit inquiries that I did not authorize. I understand that you shouldnt be allowed to put an inquiry on my file unless I have authorized it. 

Please remove this inquires listed below from my account : * XXXX XXXX -- XXXX XXXX * XXXX  XXXX -- XX/XX/2023 * XXXX  XX/XX/2023 I, also, received a letter stating that I applied for a XXXX on XX/XX/2023. I checked my credit and it shows that I have an inquiry on my XXXX report. Please remove the follow inquiry from my credit report : * XXXX XXXX -- XX/XX/2023 Please remove these inquires from my report within 30-day time allowed investigation period as pursuant to 15 U. S. C. 1681b section 604 ( c ) ( 3 ) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act whereby a consumer reporting agency shall not furnish to any person a record of inquires in connection with a credit or insurance transaction that is not initiated by a consumer. 
Please, either provide me with strict proof I authorized these inquiry such as signed application or contract or recorded telephone call or delete the inquiry immediately. 
If you ignored this letter and do not delete the inquiry or do not provide strict proof of authorization I will have no other alternative than to have my local Congressman promptly forward a formal complaint to the Federal Trade Commission and Attorney General for further scrutiny of this matter. Along with a litigation matter in my state court. 
Finally, under Sec. 609 Discloser to consumer ( 15U. S. C 1681g ) ( A ) Information file ; source : report recipients : every consumer reporting agency shall, upon request, and subject to 610 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( 16811h ), clearly and accurately disclose to the consumer.

( 1 ) All information in the consumers file at the time of the request except thatA ) If the consumer to whom the file relates request that the first 5 digits of the social security number ( or similar identification ) of the consumer not be included in the discloser and the consumer reporting agency has receive appropriate proof of the identity of the requester, the consumer reporting agency shall so truncate such number in such discloser, and ( B ) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require a consumer reporting agency to disclose to a consumer any information concerning credit score or any risk scores or predictors relating to the consumer. 
( 2 ) The source of the information : except that the source of information acquired solely for use in preparing an investigation consumer report and actually use for no other purpose need not be disclose. Provide, that in the event an action is brought under this title, such shall be available to the plaintiff under appropriate discovery procedures in the court in which the action is brought. 

Kind Regards, XXXX XXXX

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation