Trinity Health Hit With Class Action Over March Data Breach

Trinity Health Corp. breached their duty to protect the personal information of 21,000 people that was exposed in a March data breach, a new proposed federal class action said.

Jennifer Medenblik alleged Trinity Health failed to implement adequate data-security practices, comply with industry data-security standards and those required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or properly monitor its network for intrusions.

Information exposed in the breach included names, addresses, birthdates, driver’s-license and state-identification numbers, Social Security numbers, financial account information, medical record numbers, Medicare and Medicaid identification numbers, treatment information, diagnosis codes, dates of service and discharge, prescription ...