- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 507
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Loss
- Location of breached information
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
On October 27, 2014, the covered entity (CE), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Group Benefits Plan, reported a breach when a workforce member that was on a business trip lost an unsecured flash drive that contained employees’ protected health information (PHI). The flash drive contained the demographic and clinical information of 507 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE sanctioned the workforce member, revised its policy limiting the ability of employees to transfer PHI to portable devices, installed encryption software, and retrained staff on its privacy and security policies. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.