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SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL – CFPB Complaint

By on August 16, 2018
Consumer Complaint Submission

Date Received: 2018-08-02T00:00:00

Product: Credit card debt

Issue: Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided

Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX at approximately XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX proceeded to make via contact skip trace to a phone number of relative. Instead of trying to locate me the informed the individual about my debt, the amount owed and a letter they sent out which I never received. My understanding is that my debt information can not be shared with anyone who is not associated with the account and/or granted permission by me. I have not given any one permission to receive information about this account. After they disclosed confidential information regarding my account they then told the relative that it was against the law to contact the original debtor which is not true. They continued to fall harass and threatened the relative until the relative ended the call.

Company: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL

State/Zip: IL 601XX

Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation

Was Company Response Timely: Yes

Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A

Complaint ID: 2978908

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