Collegues: --I recently reviewd two terrific books. Christina Nippert-Eng makes a major contribution to our understanding of the rich issues around the control of personal information in her just published Islands of Privacy. http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/nippert-eng-review.html Alexandra Natapoff advances legal and sociological understanding in one form of revelation --the gray area of criminal informants. http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/natapoff-review.html In a forthcoming article (Turtles, Firewalls, Scarlet Letters and Vacum Cleaners: Rules About Personal Information) I suggest an approach to ordering some of the varied forms and processes of personal information control. Critical suggestions are most welcome. --Gary http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/turtlesandfirewalls.html www.garymarx.net