Being a celebrity means losing a valuable portion of the privacy afforded to normal people. It's the price they pay for being rich, famous, and adored by millions. But in some arenas, say, hospitals or the U.S. State Department, celebs should be under the same protections as common folk. It's not always the case. Hospital records get leaked all the time and really bored government drones get all up in celebrity passport files. The State Department's Inspector General issued a report last week revealing that nine high profile passport files were accessed more than a hundred times over a six year period. Beyonce's file was one of the most frequently accessed.

The report's results show “many control weaknesses including a general lack of policies, procedures, guidance, and training." The agency also has no standardized disciplinary procedure for employees caught peeking into personal files.

The Inspector General was inspired to look into celebrity passport files after state department officials discovered in March that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain's passport files had all been looked at without authorization. [CBS]