On June 29, the American Federation of Government Employees filed a putative class action complaint against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management ("OPM") for claims arising from an April data breach that allegedly compromised the security of more than 18 million federal employees' personnel and security files. The complaint alleged violations of the U.S. Privacy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and common law negligence against OPM's contractor.
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