To dob in this woman from letting agent to her boss?!

[Undertone]

Right. Have recently been in touch with property maintenance liaison woman at my letting agency re: faulty heating. I generally communicate with her via text, for convenience - we've been going back and forth about arranging times, etc.

Today, following an exchange, she texts and asks if she can email me a link on a personal matter and then call me in her lunch hour to discuss. I was fairly intrigued - and a bit 'oo er'. In the end it was to promoting a health juice drink 'network marketing' thing.

A bit of Googling and it predictably transpires that basically it's pyramid selling, this drink has virtually no discernible health benefits, etc. She then calls me and pushes the hard sell for 10 bloody minutes, interspersed with my feeble protestations that 'it's not for me, thanks' and 'actually it sounds like the health benefits are unproven'. She even hinted that it was anti-carcinogenic - even though the company has been taken to court for falsely claiming this.

I eventually got rid of her. But now, actually, I'm a bit pissed off because she's basically stolen my personal information from the letting agency's contact data in order to pursue personal gain. She could be ringing absolutely everyone on their books!

Should I tell her boss, the owner of the letting agency? I have his email address. He may want to know that one of his employees is using company data to push a pyramid scheme - it could affect my future decision to rent from them again.

Arguments against:

• It's only a sales call, it's not the end of the world.
• She knows where I live.
• When she texted me to ask if she could email me a link, she did say it was for a 'personal matter' - so I did give her permission to do this, even though I didn't know what it was about.
• Even though this drink thing is obviously a scam, it's hardly illegal or overly tawdry.
• What if she gets fired?!

Would I be being unreasonable to email her boss and say that he may want to have a word with her?

get along with you, you daft apeth.

OK. Have just sent an email in reply going, essentially, "but do you see why I'm worried about the data protection aspect?"

Let's see!

Quintessential, I have had a connection with network marketing in the past, but not now. I was simply answering some of the questions and misunderstandings earlier in the thread.
I am replying as an ex HR manager who has removed people from their employment in the past. It is not a step to be taken lightly, although sometimes it is appropriate of course. I don't want to see Op back on here in a few weeks regretting an action that has resulted in this person losing their job and possible other outcomes. I'm saying take some time for quite consideration before deciding how to act.
The relevant points here are abuse of her position in the company. Her breach of the Data Protection Act. Also unprofessional conduct that could bring the company into disrepute.
I would suggest that the fact that she sort of implicated that she believed the hype about cancer, or that she is involved in a network marketing scheme (not illegal and nothing to do with her company) and other general rantings about her moral character are designed mainly to add to the gossip and hype Op up into contacting the employer.

That's quiet, not quite consideration.

OK.

From me, in reply to her last email:

Hi [her name],

Cool beans. But do you see why I would be a bit worried about the data protection aspect? I only know a bit about it because I have to be careful with it at work quite a lot.

Kind regards,

[my name]

From her:

Hi [my name]. Yes I do and I do appreciate yr feedback. Have a warm day.

I sent this from my 3 mobile

Ok then, leave it there. I'm sure she won't do it again.

what on earth is "cool beans"
Her reply was inadequate but I do think in this case your text wasn't forceful enough - you are too chatty and informal.

and if I was being cynical I would say she has gone to great lengths NOT to say she won't be doing it again

Sounds like a huge error of judgement on her part and I think you've dealt with it very well.

well done undertone - good call

So, this whole exercise was a bit pointless.
She has neither confirmed nor committed to anything, and is free to do as she pleases with the personal data her employer is trusting her with, and nobody is any wiser. Except from Undertone of course, who has most admirably informed the person in question of her illegal activities, and will now let the matter rest.

Great.

Or?

I'd leave it now. You have to deal with her & the agency going forward and you've said what needed to be said & have written evidence in case it comes to light.

WTF 'a warm day'?? Barmy!

SPF, that is what I said, not you!