Hi, I had a hard inquiry on my credit report from a third party ( XXXX ) who according to them was making the inquiry on behalf of my student loan company ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ). I do n't even think I have a loan with this company unless they go by another name, but I have not defaulted or paid late at any point and they never notified me about reasons to check my credit report. Around the same time I was looking for apartments and my credit score went down due to the hard inquiries from the student loan and my landlord. Is the student loan company allowed to do this for no reason and without notification? 
