To think this email was patronising

[christineso]

I believe my landlord has leaked my information to a third party.
I emailed a manager of the landlord to say "as my information has been leaked which is a breach of data protection, I have seeked legal advice and will be taking civil action"

she replied saying
"Thanks for your email, I look forward to receiving a letter from your solicitor"

is this not patronizing and unprofessional?

It's 'sought' legal advice, not 'seeked'.

Standard wording (I'm a solicitor) probably given to her by her solicitor. Your post is bizarre and presumably you haven't actually taken legal advice at all given what you've written. What do you expect her to say "oh no please don't I'll give you six months free rent and be your best friend forever" ??

Your maiden name wouldn't be difficult to source on the internet and someone giving your maiden name to a third party is no breech of DP as it is information freely available on public documents.

Her email might have a hint of patronizing in it, but it isn't unprofessional. And to be fair, it would be hard to take a poorly written, dramatic email from a tenant seriously.

You threatened legal action.

She responded to it with a standard phrasing when someone threatens legal action.

I really fail to see the issue.

And, if I've understood correctly that the legal action is to do with just leaking your maiden name, well good luck with that....

Standard response (I'm a solicitor too). You do realise that seeking legal advice costs money right? LOTS of money. What exactly do you hope to achieve. Especially as Choughed has it bang on re the ICO.

Your maiden name will be freely available in the public domain, so there hasn't been a breach of data protection at all

Sorry OP but I think your letter sounds silly, and you received a bog standard response.
Nothing remotely unprofessional about it.

You are having an eventful few days aren't you, OP? What with your cousin reporting you to the police for harassment and your landlord telling someone yr maiden name....

Standard, formulaic polite reply to what you have written. There si nothing else she can say.

Legal action, especially in civil cases, tends to be expensive and unless you have been caused real damage and that damage can be proved and quantified it is difficult to get any redress. I suppose it depends what you want.

It's exactly the response I am told to make by my professional indemnity insurance.

Looks like standard email response.

I love it when people say they're going to get their solicitor involved. I just think, "good, then I can speak to someone who knows what they're talking about".

I am quite genuinely looking forward to receiving a solicitor's letter from our rather odd neighbour who is threatening legal action because she has a number of problems with a tree in our garden, namely leaves fall off it and birds sit in it.

I suppose the term 'look forward' implies something more positive in layman's terms than its literal meaning.

Look, she was probably being sneery because you are being a bit ridiculous. Your email was not at all true, you HAVEN'T sought legal advice, you just wanted to put the wind up someone that you don't like. She has called you out in a very professional way knowing full well that you have done no such thing. Chalk it up to experience OP and resist the temptation in future to throw around things like 'seeked legal advice' as it makes you sound daft.