Consumer complaint received 2025-03-20 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: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 USC 1681, section 602, it is stated, 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. Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion are consumer reporting agencies and I am the Consumer. I have the right to make sure my private information isnt 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. XXXX XXXX  is a financial institution by definition under that title. 15 USC 1681, section 604 ( a ), subsection 2 states, 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. XXXX XXXX, the financial institution, and the Consumer reporting agencies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion do not have my consent to furnish this information and they surely do not have my written consent. Any and all consent to Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and XXXX XXXX whether it be verbal, non-verbal, written, implied or otherwise is revoked. XXXX XXXX XXXX ( b ) ( c ) states, A financial institution XXXX not disclose nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party unlessthe consumer is given an explanation of how the consumer can exercise that nondisclosure option. XXXX XXXX never informed me of my right to exercise my nondisclosure option. Not only that, XXXX XXXX XXXX ( a ) ( XXXX ) states, Except as authorized under subsection ( b ), no consumer reporting agency XXXX 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 XXXX years. This account is an adverse item they are reporting, again, without my permission, which violates the law. XXXX XXXX XXXX ( A ) ( XXXX ) 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. XXXX XXXX XXXX states, XXXX consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to avoid violations of section XXXX of this title and to limit the furnishing of consumer reports to the purposes listed under section XXXX of this title. Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion are not maintaining reasonable procedures. As a further note, XXXX CFR section XXXX states, A consumer XXXX exercise the right to opt out at any time. I am option out of your reporting services.

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