Privacy activists get second shot at Facebook PRISM investigation in Ireland

The Irish High Court has granted the activist group Europe v Facebook a judicial review of an earlier decision by the country’s data protection commissioner, who refused to launch an investigation into Facebook’s alleged transfer of customer data to the US National Security Agency.

Europe v Facebook (EvF) is, as the name suggests, a thorn in the social network company’s side. Founded a couple of years ago by a group of Austrian law students, the group generally targets Facebook in Ireland. EvF has seen real results, too, having forced Facebook to alter its policies around photo-tagging in Europe, for example.