NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A class action lawsuit has been filed against eBay after class members claim it failed to protect personal information when it suffered a data breach.

In February or March, eBay’s files were accessed by identity thieves, without eBay’s permission, the complaint says. The thieves, at a minimum, had access to and reportedly copied customer names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, plaintiffs say.