Romania is part of the EU. Officially there is no facial recognition system in use, but there are a few that are not official and those will not be affected by

Romania is part of the EU. Officially there is no facial recognition system in use, but there are a few that are not official and those will not be affected by the ban because "they don't exist". A relative was the lead policeman in a case where a person A accused a person B of a very serious crime. Person B appeared on a camera in the area, police identified him instantly based on the national database of ID cards (it contains photos of every person over the age of 14) and arrested the guy. Luckily for him, he was covered by a different camera for the whole time he was accused for the crime, but that was discovered after he spend a day in arrest. The person that make the false accusations simply walked. There is a database of pictures of people that get an ID card (which is mandatory, not having one with you at all time grants you a fine). Another one for passports, but those are optional. Another one for driver's license (having a driver license with you does not save you from a fine if you don't have also the ID). These are databases everyone knows about and police are using every day, no authorization is required.