A class action lawsuit is being launched against Central Health in relation to a recent privacy breach within the health authority.

The lawsuit is being launched by Bob Buckingham Law in conjunction with the firm of Eli Baker Law Office against Central Health.

In a release issued Thursday evening, Buckingham’s firm says it has been contacted and asked to represent patients whose privacy was breached.

Central Health has indicated that the staff person who accessed the information is no longer working with the health authority.

(Bob Buckingham. File photo.)

Buckingham says of concern is an “apparent pattern” respecting the type of medical records accessed, refusing to elaborate further.

He says clients will be seeking appropriate compensation and guarantees that the systems are in place to protect patient medical records in future.

Buckingham calls it “disappointing and disconcerting” to see such an incident and says anyone who has received notification of the privacy breach by the Central Health Authority has the right to know how their personal, confidential, and private health records were violated.