Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

13.1K consumer complaints across 1.7K companies

This page tracks consumer complaints about "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" filed with the CFPB. 13,056 complaints mention this issue across 1.7K companies. The most affected product category is "Debt collection".

13.1K
Total Complaints
1.7K
Companies
Debt collection
Top Product

Companies with Most Complaints for This Issue

# Company Complaints
1 Encore Capital Group Inc. 644
2 Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 506
3 Resurgent Capital Services L.P. 469
4 Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. 396
5 CL Holdings LLC 226
6 American Express Company 179
7 Capital One Financial Corporation 167
8 Navient Solutions, LLC. 161
9 Transworld Systems Inc 158
10 Synchrony Financial 145
11 Transunion Intermediate Holdings, Inc. 129
12 Experian Information Solutions Inc. 119
13 Citibank, N.a. 115
14 Discover Bank 100
15 Equifax, Inc. 96
16 HW Holding, Inc 92
17 National Credit Systems,Inc. 82
18 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 82
19 Kriya Capital, LLC 80
20 CCS Financial Services, Inc. 80
21 Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. 79
22 TrueAccord Corp. 77
23 I.C. System, Inc. 74
24 Bank of America, National Association 71
25 Halsted Financial Services, LLC. 71
26 Torriere Holdings INC 70
27 Williams & Fudge, Inc 68
28 Rowland Avenue Management, Inc. A/KA Columbia Debt Recovery, LLC d/b/a Genesis 68
29 Direct Recovery Services, LLC 68
30 Cavalry Investments, LLC 67
31 Ally Financial Inc. 63
32 Central Portfolio Control Inc. 62
33 NCB Management Services Inc. 59
34 Pending Company Match 58
35 Alliant Capital Management LLC 58
36 T.S. Holdings 58
37 Erc 57
38 Radius Global Solutions LLC 53
39 Navy Federal Credit Union 53
40 Medical Data Systems, Inc. 53
41 Wells Fargo & Company 51
42 Harris & Harris, Ltd. 50
43 Atlantic Recovery Solutions LLC 49
44 Credit Control, LLC 49
45 Credit Corp Solutions Inc. 48
46 National Credit Adjusters, LLC 45
47 Wlcc 45
48 Acima Credit, LLC 42
49 United Collection Bureau, Inc. 42
50 Unifin Inc. 42

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

What the Data Says About "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" Complaints

The CFPB public record contains 13,056 consumer complaints tagged with the issue "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly", distributed across 1,658 distinct companies that have been named as the respondent on at least one filing. That breadth, spread across 1,658 separate respondents, points to a systemic theme across the market rather than one company's operational problem, a structural friction in how a product category is sold, serviced, or collected on.

The most common product category where "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" is raised is "Debt collection". See our methodology for how CFPB complaint routing and product-issue pairings work.

How to read complaint data responsibly

The CFPB categorizes each complaint based on the consumer's own description of the problem, so the label "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly" reflects consumer perception, not a regulatory finding. A complaint is an allegation, not proven wrongdoing, and the presence of a filing against a company does not mean that company violated any law or rule. Use this page to understand the shape of consumer concerns around "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly", then cross-check individual companies using their own CFPB profiles and the official CFPB database. For legal, financial, or regulatory advice, consult a licensed professional, this page is informational only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainComplaint is rendered directly from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.