Austria is one of the countries listed in the article, and it refers to an Austrian newspaper which reports that police plans to use facial recognition starting

Austria is one of the countries listed in the article, and it refers to an Austrian newspaper which reports that police plans to use facial recognition starting late December 2019 (https://futurezone.at/netzpolitik/das-kann-die-gesichtserkennungssoftware-der-polizei/400534747 https://futurezone.at/netzpolitik/das-kann-die-gesichtserken...). On a tangent, the Austrian constitutional court of justice just today ruled that security forces are not allowed to use traffic camera data beyond using it to enforce traffic laws. They also forbid police to install hidden malware on people's phones ("Bundestrojaner"): https://www.vfgh.gv.at/medien/Kfz-Kennzeichenerfassung_und__Bundestrojaner__verfass.de.php https://www.vfgh.gv.at/medien/Kfz-Kennzeichenerfassung_und__... While the use of facial recognition might not be a good thing in any case, it looks to me as if currently police is limited only to use it to retrospectively investigate serious crimes ("schwere Straftat").