I receive an offer of credit today from a company that I know nothing about. The company 's name is balance credit. Once I called to inquire about how this company received or obtained my personal information I was told by a service representative supervisor that the information was transferred over by TransUnion. I immediately called TransUnion to dispute items on my credit report as well as let Trans Union know that I am NOT giving them permission to sell solicit or trade any of my personal information for the purposes of optaining credit through third party lenders. I explained to TransUnion that I felt violated and that I was very upset about the fact that my personal credit information was solicited to a third party without my prior approval. I then asked to be removed or opt-out of any solicitation services immediately. All I have ever done with Trans Union was request my credit report within the last 60 days. I never requested to be added to a mailing list.